Invoicing employers

You should not have recorded as a start in the ILR or started training until the DAS account had been set up correctly for the learner, so I do not see how you can charge the employer in these circumstances.

HTH

Hi Martin

We do not record learners in the ILR or start training without DAS set up correctly.  The learner was originally with another employer who had set up DAS and we were receiving funding ok.  The issue is that the learner transferred to another employer who did not set up DAS and now the learner has left that employer as well.

I'd like to know if we are able to invoice the 2nd employer for full amount (for the time they were with them) or must it just be the 5% of the amount for the time they were with them?

It is not common practice to invoice employers in these circumstances.

Whilst not common, I think it's allowable. We have something in our contract that says we can invoice them for any funds we lose as a result of their actions/inactions. We would potentially invoice the whole lot, since we didn't have any of it from ESFA/their DAS account. Invoicing 5% would not likely be worth it. If you didn't have any DAS/ESFA money, then you can consider that period full cost, in which case it's up to you what you charge. Sometimes, it depends how much you value the relationship with that employer.

As Ruth has said but only if you  have something in our contract with the employer.