The current COVID-19 pandemic means big changes for the way everyone works, and apprentices are feeling the impact of these changes too. Unionlearn has set up a page on its website to pull together information to support them.

With the present government advice to stay at home unless you are a critical worker many apprentices will be asked to take a break in training or move to a full-time job. They may even face redundancy in some extreme cases.  Some will also be asked to work from home and will be doing their learning from home.

This page from unionlearn has collected advice and information for apprentices on dealing with the coronavirus pandemic.

It will cover areas including:

• A break in apprenticeship  
• Working from home 
• Moving to work full time outside your apprenticeship  
• Redundancy 
• End-point assessments (EPAs) 

Unionlearn will be updating their advice as things develop. The Apprenticeship Essentials App has general information, a pay calculator and a test to see what a quality apprenticeship looks like.

The “Coronavirus impact on your apprenticeship” page can be found here.