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I have just finished an apprenticeship with my current company. I have expressed my desire to leave the company and they have informed me that they will charge me 100% of the cost for the training I have recieved. (this is stated in my handbook)
However I understand that apprenticeships are largely government funded. I also understand that it is illegal to charge an employee a fee for training which the company themselves did not actually pay for. Does this mean that they can only charge me the amount they have put in? What is this likely to be?
p.s. ive been paid minimum wage for the past 2 years and I wonder if them charging me to leave would effectively mean that I would have therefore been paid less then minimum wage over the course of those two years?
Thank you.
However I understand that apprenticeships are largely government funded. I also understand that it is illegal to charge an employee a fee for training which the company themselves did not actually pay for. Does this mean that they can only charge me the amount they have put in? What is this likely to be?
p.s. ive been paid minimum wage for the past 2 years and I wonder if them charging me to leave would effectively mean that I would have therefore been paid less then minimum wage over the course of those two years?
Thank you.
