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Glossary

Learner employment status

The ILR record of a learner's employment circumstances at a point in time, used for eligibility and for apprenticeships.

In full

Learner employment status records whether the learner is employed, for how long, and related circumstances, dated so that changes through the year are visible.

It affects eligibility for several adult entitlements and is required for apprenticeships, where the employment relationship is central to the funding.

Where this comes up

diagnostic

The learner must not have consecutive Learner Employment status records with the same Employment status, Employer identifier, Agreement Identifier and Employment Status Monitoring

A learner must not have consecutive Learner Employment Status records with the same Employment status, Employer ID (including where Employer ID is null) and Employment status monitoring types and codes.

diagnostic

The learner must not have more than one Learner Employment status record with the same Date employment status applies

A learner must not have more than one Learner Employment Status record with the same Date employment status applies.

diagnostic

The 'Small or Medium Employer' indicator has been returned but the Learner's Employment status is 'Not in paid employment'

If the Other Employment Type is ' Small or Medium Employer' then the learner's employment status must be 'In paid employment'

diagnostic

The learner is self employed and the Employment status is not 'in paid employment'

If Employment status monitoring code is 'Learner is self employed, the Employment status must be 'In paid employment'

diagnostic

The redundancy indicator has been returned and the Learner's Employment status is 'In paid employment'

If the Employment status is 'In paid employment', then the Other Employment Type 'Learner has been made redundant' must not be returned

diagnostic

The Employer Identifier has been returned and the Learner's Employment status is 'Not in paid employment'

If the record is an apprenticeship and the employment status is 'Not in paid employment' then the Employer Identifier must not be returned