Workplace Report April 2011

Law - Contracts

Contracts - the key developments

The key factor distinguishing an apprenticeship agreement from an ordinary employment contract is that the employee receives training, aimed at reaching a particular skill level, provable by a recognised qualification. The fact that a worker does no unsupervised work also points strongly to a relationship of apprenticeship (case 6).

The full judgments of the cases reported here can be found free of charge at www.bailii.org

The relevant legislation is available to view at www.legislation.gov.uk