Learning and development costs and budget

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  How to

  How to employ an apprentice

  Updated to reflect the increase to national minimum wage rates, in effect from 1 April 2025. 

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  Survey analysis

  Learning and development: HR & Compliance Centre survey 2019

  XpertHR research investigates UK employers' learning and development strategy, provision and priorities and their use of coaching.

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  FAQs

  What can employers spend apprenticeship levy funding on?

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  FAQs

  How can employers that do not pay the apprenticeship levy fund apprenticeships?

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  Employment law cases

  Pilot who provided fake reference from Star Wars villain ordered to repay training costs

  In Francis-McGann v West Atlantic UK Ltd, the employment tribunal ordered a pilot to repay £4,725 in training costs after it emerged that he provided a fake reference using the name of a character from Star Wars.

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  Tasks

  Employ an apprentice

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  FAQs

  What is the apprenticeship levy?

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  FAQs

  How can an employer access funding from the apprenticeship levy?

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  Tasks

  Require an employee to enter into a study or training fees agreement

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  Tasks

  Recover study or training costs where an employee has resigned