A new government subsidy will pay employers up to $16,000 for each new apprentice they train from August. RNZ The Government has unveiled $390m subsidy for employers training apprentices. Hipkins said the scheme would run for 20 months from August this year until April 2020, and about 18,000 employers would be eligible to apply. The subsidy was focused on the first two years of apprenticeship, because that was when apprentices were most vulnerable, he said. The amount of money employers received would vary depending on how far through their training their apprentices were when the subsidy began in August.

Source: Stuff June 16, 2020 20:31 UTC