Increased national minimum wage rates apply from 1 April 2026. The rate apprentices must be paid depends on their age and whether they are still in the first year of their apprenticeship.
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.
A model contract clause to set out terms relating to the recovery of training costs where an employee resigns during the training or within a certain period of the training being completed.