Tag: Apprenticeship Levy
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Northern Ireland Executive must ringfence public sector apprenticeship funding
Skills shortages looming as Translink fails to confirm restoration of suspended apprenticeship scheme because of funding squeeze Unite which represents frontline workers across the public sector in Northern Ireland has called on the executive to ring-fence funding in the budget for public sector and local council apprenticeships. Under current Stormont rules public sector and arms-length…
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National Apprenticeship Week is an opportunity to get serious about decent training for young workers and our economy
Apprenticeship levy has not worked in Northern Ireland, we need a return to an employment-led, partnership approach to skills Young workers must receive decent pay and conditions from day one in a workplace apprenticeship with a firm expectation of a job at the end March 4th: Jackie Pollock, Unite Regional Secretary for Ireland, used the…
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Levy will lead to sub-standard Apprenticeships and should not be extended to Northern Ireland
Apprenticeship Levy would penalise employers who already provide upskilling and subsidise ‘cut-cost’ training UK-wide target of three million apprenticeships a year unrealistic and will undermine quality and number of genuine placements March 31st: Speaking after an influential committee of MPs warned that Westminster’s flagship apprenticeship policy will not address the widening skills gap, Unite Regional…
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Levy will degrade Apprenticeships and should not be extended to Northern Ireland
Apprenticeship Levy threatens to penalise employers who already provide upskilling to workforce UK-wide target of three million apprenticeships a year unrealistic and will undermine quality and number of genuine placements January 31st: Speaking the day after his union organised a conference focussing on the needs of the Manufacturing sector in Northern Ireland, Unite deputy Regional…