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Chapter 3
Apprentices and redundancy selection
As a general rule, an apprentice should not be selected for redundancy unless the business is closing down. Apprentices who are wrongfully made redundant can bring a claim for their wages for the balance of the apprenticeship term, subject to a duty to take reasonable steps to mitigate their losses by, for example, completing their training with another employer. For example:
CA Roofing Services took on Mr Wallace as an apprentice sheet metalworker but then sought to make him redundant when the work declined. He brought a successful claim for damages for breach of the apprenticeship contract.
Wallace v CA Roofing Services Limited [1996] IRLR 435