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Jim Thomas

Apprentice on secondment

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Hi

We have a potential new apprentice who will be employed and paid by company A but spend the duration of the course working for company B (effectively a secondment).

Whilst there are ties between A & B they are distinct companies (B is not merely a trading arm of A, for example).

Firstly, is this permissible? I'm not aware of any reason why it wouldn't be but it's always the first thing to ask.

Secondly, how would the paperwork be treated?

Our plan is that A will sign the training agreement and the order confirmation (including agreed cost, EPAO etc) and the cohort on the apprenticeship website, and that the line manager at B will sign the commitment statement and apprenticeship agreement (as well as reviews, gateway docs etc). Is this correct?

Thanks

Jim

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Steve Hewitt

Assuming they are always paid by/their contract of employment is only with Company A, can't see it being an issue?

Plan sounds fine, but I think I'd want someone from Company A signing the commitment statement as well, because there's a bunch of employment law type things that need to be agreed to?

Jim Thomas

Thanks Steve, we'll confirm per your first point (although pretty confident that's the case) and make sure we have the relevant sigs on the commitment statement

Ruth Canham-James

It's what we used to do with ATAs. For those, we were just meant to record the placement employer postcode on the employment history record, rather than the the actual employer, nothing else was different.

Jim Thomas

Thanks Ruth, much appreciated

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