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Employers warn that raising training costs for older workers could undermine the government's goal of solving the youth jobs crisis.
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Higher training costs for older workers risks plan to tackle youth jobs crisis, employers say
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Exclusive: Ministers planning overhaul of apprenticeship funding to increase cost of over-25s training, Guardian understandsBritain’s largest employers have told the government that forcing businesses to pay more to train older workers risks damaging its goal to tackle the youth jobs crisis.The Guardian understands ministers plan to overhaul Labour’s apprenticeship funding scheme to increase the cost of training a worker over the age of 25 in England by 25%, to encourage firms to train young people instead. Continue reading...
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