Karen Polybank
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EPA and contract for services rather than employment
We have a learner who left her employer before taking her final EPA assessment. She now has a job with a recruitment agency but under a contract of services rather than a contract of employment. ...
Karen Polybank commented,
Thank you for your help and have passed the informat...
Thank you for your help and have passed the information on to the EPAO.
Karen Polybank commented,
I have had a response from the EPAO as follows: If ...
I have had a response from the EPAO as follows: If the apprentice will be seeking work within this sector the 30 day rule applies. E290.1 When employment or an apprenticeship agreement has ended (r...
Karen Polybank commented,
Thank you. That is how I understood it. I have aske...
Thank you. That is how I understood it. I have asked the EAPO where they got their information from and I suspect you are correct and they are getting mixed up with the 30 day gap between employers.
Karen Polybank created a post,
EPA and Employment
I thought that learners had to be employed up to and including their EPA. However, when requesting an early EPA date from the EPAO I got this response and wondered if they are correct? As xxx’s em...
Karen Polybank commented,
Thank you that makes sense. It is obviously just wo...
Thank you that makes sense. It is obviously just worded incorrectly.
Karen Polybank created a post,
ROATP - Off the Job Training Query
Does anyone know what this bullet point means or is it a typo Chose the right time for off the job training - the apprentice must have had sufficient time to gain the right knowledge and skills bef...
Karen Polybank commented,
So she can still take her EPA even though she may be...
So she can still take her EPA even though she may be signed off work for more than a month.
Karen Polybank created a post,
EPA while learner is signed off work
If a learner has been signed off work can they still take their EPA if it has already been booked. I am not sure at the moment how long they are going to be signed off for and whether or not we wi...
Karen Polybank commented,
Don't know if it makes any difference but she is wor...
Don't know if it makes any difference but she is working as a teaching assistant in a school.