Former trainees say they were told to repay money if they left scheme, which involved up to four months of unpaid training and had no guarantee of jobCapita, one of the UK’s largest outsourcing companies, has demanded payouts of up to £21,000 from graduates who tried to pull out of an unpaid training scheme under which they were not guaranteed a job. I was offered a few opportunities by other graduate schemes and companies [during the Capita training] but I refused them as I was under the threat of a liability to pay £21,000. Capita said that it now charged £13,000 to trainees who wanted to leave before completing their training and two years of work. The group’s graduate programme includes up to 14 weeks of unpaid training, after which it says 99% of attendees are placed in a job. The company also demands that trainees pay up to £20,000 if they leave during the training or the first two years of work.

Source: The Guardian July 28, 2017 17:37 UTC