Taking on an apprentice
A contract of employment of a particular kind and its reciprocal undertakings, the six-month to three-year term and the wage schedule as a percentage of the minimum wage, then the forty-five-day termination window that is not counted in calendar days. Three modules on a garage. All the prose is free to read; the case study and quizzes are sold.
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By the end of this course, you can…
These outcomes are the modules' own: the promise cannot say anything the course does not teach.
- Characterise the apprenticeship contract in law.
- List the employer's undertakings.
- List the apprentice's undertakings.
- Retain the age limits of principle.
- Place the derogation open to fifteen-year-olds.
- Retain the range of the apprenticeship contract's term.
- Understand what that term is normally equal to.
- Place the structure of the pay schedule.
- Retain the percentages by age and by year.
- Know when the sector minimum wage takes over.
- Retain the length of the free-termination period.
- Understand the unit in which that period is counted.
- Separate it from an ordinary probation period.
- Know the routes to termination open afterwards.
- Place the requirement of prior mediation for the apprentice.
The programme, module by module
Each module has its own page. Durations are derived from the actual text, never announced by hand.
- Module 18 minFree — no accountA contract of employment of a particular kindWhat you will be able to do
- Characterise the apprenticeship contract in law.
- List the employer's undertakings.
- List the apprentice's undertakings.
- Retain the age limits of principle.
- Place the derogation open to fifteen-year-olds.
- Module 210 minIncluded in the full courseA bounded term, a scheduled wageWhat you will be able to do
- Retain the range of the apprenticeship contract's term.
- Understand what that term is normally equal to.
- Place the structure of the pay schedule.
- Retain the percentages by age and by year.
- Know when the sector minimum wage takes over.
- Module 38 minIncluded in the full courseForty-five days, then a closed regimeWhat you will be able to do
- Retain the length of the free-termination period.
- Understand the unit in which that period is counted.
- Separate it from an ordinary probation period.
- Know the routes to termination open afterwards.
- Place the requirement of prior mediation for the apprentice.
What you take away
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Participant handout (PDF)
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- Key figures (3)
- Mistakes to avoid (3)
- Official sources (3)
Exercise workbook (Word)
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- Learning objectives (3)
- Key figures (3)
- Mistakes to avoid (3)
- Official sources (3)
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