Over 60's rebadged as apprentices to cut down wage bills

That was the headline in the local paper this week in the article on the front of the Jobs section.

The interesting figures from the article are that the number of over 60's starting an apprenticeship between 2009/10 and 2013/14 increased by 520 per cent. 25 times more than the figure for under 25's which grew by 21 per cent in the came period. There is a suggestion that people in work are being rebadged as apprentices instead of trainees with a possible link to lower pay.

And there I was thinking apprentices were all under 25, or is there a fiddle in here somewhere me wonders..............