Apprenticeship glossary

Statutory Sick Pay (SSP)

What does Statutory Sick Pay (SSP) mean?

Pay from your employer if you're too ill to work. It's up to £123.25 a week for up to 28 weeks, and apprentices can get it because they're employees.

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Guide Your rights as an apprentice Apprentices are employees, with the same rights as other workers. Pay, paid training time, holiday, sick pay and working hours explained, plus where to get help if something's wrong. Applies to: England
Apprenticeship agreement
A legal agreement between you and your employer, signed at the start, that sets out your apprenticeship standard and level, its start and end dates and your training. In England it counts as a contract of service, so employment law applies to it.
Apprentice
Someone doing an apprenticeship: an employee who is paid to work and train towards a recognised qualification at the same time.
Store manager
The person who runs a shop, its team and its results. Lidl's retail programme is designed to train future store managers.
Strengths-based interview
An interview that focuses on what you enjoy and are naturally good at, rather than what you've done before. There are no wrong answers, so be honest.
Student loan (Plan 5)
The loan system for new university students in England. You repay 9% of your income over £25,000 a year, and anything left is written off after 40 years. Apprentices don't need one, because they don't pay tuition fees.
Supply chain
Everything involved in getting products from suppliers to customers, from buying materials to delivery.

Definitions are our own plain-English summaries. Where we give figures, they come from the official sources listed on the linked guide or profile. Rules can change, so check the official source before you make decisions.