Employees at Skills Training UK have described feeling “broken” as bosses confirm they will only be paid for seven days this month.
This comes on the day the Association of Employment and Learning Providers (AELP) has demanded that ministers take urgent action to prevent “total collapse” of the training system in the wake of multiple providers exiting the publicly funded training sector.
Skills Training UK is not yet officially in liquidation, but staff were told on Friday not to come back to work.
In an update today, seen by FE Week, staff were told that managers were unsuccessful in obtaining an overdraft to cover July’s payroll in full. Only a partial payment was granted meaning staff will only be paid for seven days this month. This reduced payment will still be subject to deduction like tax and pension contributions.
