Unite: Government must act to end ‘corruption’ of apprenticeship levy

Tuesday, 4 February 2020 14:15

Unite, the UK and Ireland’s largest union, has used this year’s national apprenticeship week (currently running from February 3-9) to call on the government to end a loophole being operated by some employment agencies and other unscrupulous operators and is corrupting the apprenticeship levy.  Unite has received increasing evidence that some employment agencies, umbrella companies and other ‘payroll’ providers are deducting the apprentice levy directly from workers’ pay....Request free trial