Redundancy and new incentives for employers

Incentive payments for hiring a new apprentice are available for employers who hire new apprentices to their organisation.

You can only apply for this payment for new apprentices who start their contract of employment between 1 August 2020 and 31 March 2021. You’ll need to add the new apprentices to your apprenticeship service account before you apply. If they are new employees, you can apply for apprentices who:

• work full or part-time
• are on zero hours contracts
• have been made redundant by a previous employer

You cannot apply for apprentices who already work for your organisation, even if they started upskilling as an apprentice after 1 August 2020.

Thanks Martin - that's really helpful 

Hello Martin / Andrea,

Can I add a question to this.

So in the example above, the apprentice has already completed 15 months of their apprentice so with the redundant apprentice's new employer will the 90 days and 365 days be from the date that they start with that new employer?

I would have thought it would be based on the 90 days and 365 days from the apprentices' start date?

Tim.