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Employers in Wales: Get incentives for hiring apprentices

26/11/2020

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The Welsh Government has launched a £40m skills and jobs fund which will help incentivise employers to take on and train new workers, including apprentices and young people.

Apprenticeships can help to offer employers a way to strengthen their business further and to access quality training to help build a pipeline of skilled, motivated talent.

Any employer in Wales, regardless of size or sector, can benefit from four new Apprenticeship incentives, which will run from 1 August 2020 to 28 February 2021.

  1. *INCENTIVE PAYMENT FOR EMPLOYING 16-24 YEAR OLDS: Up to £3,000 to hire a young Apprentice, aged 16-24.

*This incentive applies to Apprenticeships delivered at levels 2-5 only.*Payments will be restricted to ten Apprentices per employer.

  1. *INCENTIVE PAYMENT FOR EMPLOYING APPRENTICES AGED 25 AND OVER: Up to £2,000 to hire a new Apprentice aged 25 and over.

*This incentive applies to Apprenticeships delivered at levels 2-5 only.*Payments will be restricted to ten Apprentices per employer.

  1. *INCENTIVE FOR RE-EMPLOYMENT OF REDUNDANT APPRENTICES: Up to £2,600 to employers for the re-employment of redundant Apprentices to allow them to complete their training.

*This incentive applies to Apprenticeships delivered at levels 2-5 only.*This incentive applies to those Apprentices made redundant after 23 March 2020.*The Apprentice must continue to follow the same Apprenticeship Framework Pathway.

  1. *INCENTIVE FOR EMPLOYING DISABLED PEOPLE: £1,500 to employers for each new Apprentice they hire.

*This incentive applies to Apprenticeships delivered at levels 2-5 only.

*Payments apply to all Apprentices identified as disabled, irrespective of age.

*Payments can be claimed in addition to the 16-24, 25 and over and redundancy incentives.

The Apprenticeship incentives are outlined in full here.

Exceptions

* Employers recruiting on zero hour contracts are ineligible for the Apprenticeship recruitment incentives.

* Shared Apprenticeship models are ineligible for the Apprenticeship recruitment incentives.

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UKFT is the Sector Skills Body (SSB) for fashion and textiles in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. We work with employers, training providers and other stakeholders to raise the skills and productivity of the people who work in our sector to the highest level, ensuring the UK fashion and textile industry remains competitive in a global market.

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UKFT can help you identify the right industry training options for your business, offering advice, help with documentation and facilitating links with sector training providers.

As Sector Skills Body, our most recent work involves developing new vocational and academic routes into industry that meet the needs of business, as well as promoting the wide variety of careers in our industry to support the next generation of talented

We work with companies of all sizes from the industry’s biggest global brands through to micro businesses and start-ups, training providers and the relevant government agencies across the UK.

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