To incentive employers to take on staff to train reduce the starting rate of paye 2.5% year 1 increase to 5% year 2.At the end of that year the employee has to comit to stay in that employment for a further 3 years the rate of paye then goes to 7.5% year 4 and 12.5 year 5.
Unemployment benefits would reduce employment figures would rise as would tax income as a result of better training.
Boot the word apprentice out of the door and bring in a long term employment traing scheme.
Easily manageable through the existing paye platform.
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