Question: What happens to my apprenticeship if I take an unpaid leave during COVID-19?

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Guidance for apprentices, employers, training providers, end-point assessment organisations (EPAOs) and external quality assurance providers about changes to apprenticeships due to coronavirus (COVID-19)
section_headers: Apprenticeship training frequently asked questions
I am having to move critical worker staff into different and/or business critical roles that aren’t related to their apprenticeship. What happens to their apprenticeship if they can’t continue training?
section_content: Apprenticeship training must be linked to the job role that the individual is
undertaking. Where this link is broken temporarily, it is our goal that
apprentices can promptly resume their apprenticeship and continue to
successful completion of EPA at a future date. Funding rules currently state
that a break in learning must be initiated by the apprentice. Employers and
training providers can now temporarily also report and initiate a break in
learning where the interruption to learning is greater than 4 weeks. This
guidance document sets out what employers and training providers need to do
when breaks in learning are more or less than 4 weeks, and if that break
commences during or after March.
*[EPA]: end-point assessment

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
This answer even talks about existing law and rules of the apprenticeship.
the answer provides many details that directly answer the question about what happens to an apprenticeship with a leave of absense. it provides answers to what is being asked about in the question.

Reviewer ratings:
Excellent
Excellent

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Guidance for apprentices, employers, training providers, end-point assessment organisations (EPAOs) and external quality assurance providers about changes to apprenticeships due to coronavirus (COVID-19)
section_headers: Apprenticeship training frequently asked questions
My employer is asking me to take a period of unpaid leave. What happens to my apprenticeship during that time?
section_content: Many employers who had planned to ask employees to take unpaid leave during
this period will now be able to access the government’s Coronavirus Job
Retention Scheme and receive financial support to keep you employed. You
should speak to your employer about this to understand whether you are still
being asked to take unpaid leave or if your status is now considered to be
furloughed. There is a section on furloughed apprentices in this document.
If you are still being asked to take unpaid leave, then you can take a break
from your apprenticeship and resume when you return to work. Please get in
touch with your training provider, who will inform us of a break in learning.
Once you are back at work you can resume your apprenticeship, which your
training provider can help with too. You should refer any queries around terms
and conditions, including wages, to your employer in the first instance.
ACAS may also be a good source of information.

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
Answer directly covers in detail options for the late of an apprenticeship and how it can be saved.
the answer gives good, basic information about what happens to an apprenticeship if there is a leave of absence. it doesn't give a great number of details, but it does acceptably answer the question.

Reviewer ratings:
Excellent
Acceptable

Answer passage (source: UK):
page_title: Guidance Guidance for apprentices, employers, training providers, end-point assessment organisations (EPAOs) and external quality assurance providers about changes to apprenticeships due to coronavirus (COVID-19)
section_headers: Apprenticeship assessment frequently asked questions
I am on a fixed-term contract which would ordinarily have given enough time to complete the training and the EPA. If the training is delayed, and I have not completed my EPA before I leave employment, can I do the EPA afterwards?
section_content: You must be employed when you are taking your EPA, so where a break in
learning has been necessary, and the planned end-date for your apprenticeship
has had to move back, please speak to your employer and training provider. We
would expect them to work with you to reschedule your training which may also
include reviewing your apprenticeship agreement and commitment statement. We
will keep this under review as the situation evolves.
*[EPA]: end-point assessment

Reviewer feedback on this answer:
It's not bad in the sense that it didn't talk about apprenticeships at all but it didn't cover it in much detail.
the answer only suggests speaking to an employer. it doesn't give any detailed information about what generally happens in this type of situation.

Reviewer ratings:
Could be Improved
Could be Improved