No dismissal under apprenticeship pact

A person engaged under a standard form of modern apprenticeship was an apprentice, not an employee, even if the pact required him to comply with his employer’s terms and conditions during his training plan. Not being an employee, he could not be dismissed until the completion of his training. In the case at issue the claimant was awarded damages for the three month period between dismissal and restart of apprenticeship with a new employer.