Hi All, Recently my company received a letter from BOAT (boatnr.org) regarding the employment of an apprentice. My company is an IT firm running for some years, having around 50 employees. I received this notification to engage apprentice as per The Apprentice Act,1961 and to be honest I have never engaged anyone under this act or registered anywhere as well. I am in a crunch of time as we are going through some process changes and this letter has given warning to get the needful done by 7th Sep'22, otherwise we will be defaulter and penalized accordingly.
Can anyone throw some light on this issue like how serious is this offense, should we get the needful done asap, etc and advise on further procedure.
For your reference, attaching that letter as well.
If in case any further details required then do let me know. I am seeking all of your expertise advise here as I haven't dealt in anything related to this and is under pressure due to other engagements. It will be very helpful if anyone can provide some initial level guidance, so that I can get the direction to get the needful done.
Thank you to all in advance.
Regards,
Shailja-HR
From India, Chennai
Can anyone throw some light on this issue like how serious is this offense, should we get the needful done asap, etc and advise on further procedure.
For your reference, attaching that letter as well.
If in case any further details required then do let me know. I am seeking all of your expertise advise here as I haven't dealt in anything related to this and is under pressure due to other engagements. It will be very helpful if anyone can provide some initial level guidance, so that I can get the direction to get the needful done.
Thank you to all in advance.
Regards,
Shailja-HR
From India, Chennai
The Apprentice Advisors are generally helpful and rarely enforce the concept of apprentice.
I suggest you pick up the phone and speak to the concerned person (and if possible attend the weekly webinar to understand better).
It is possible that they have misunderstood what your company is doing and may be the apprentices are not even suitable to your work. Once you have that clear, you can discuss the facts that you are not in a position to take them in their half year and will consider after 6 months or why you can't appoint them.
Keep an open mind, because it may provide you with good entry level trainees who could stay on if you like their work (and it is not necessary by law to absorb them after end of apprentices period). They can not leave for a year, many are sincere and the apprentice stipend is a very small amount. You may find it actually beneficial.
From India, Mumbai
2394I suggest you pick up the phone and speak to the concerned person (and if possible attend the weekly webinar to understand better).
It is possible that they have misunderstood what your company is doing and may be the apprentices are not even suitable to your work. Once you have that clear, you can discuss the facts that you are not in a position to take them in their half year and will consider after 6 months or why you can't appoint them.
Keep an open mind, because it may provide you with good entry level trainees who could stay on if you like their work (and it is not necessary by law to absorb them after end of apprentices period). They can not leave for a year, many are sincere and the apprentice stipend is a very small amount. You may find it actually beneficial.
From India, Mumbai
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