Under proposals to raise the participation age, which were first set out by the previous Labour government, young people will be legally required to stay on in education or training until the end of the academic year in which they turn 17 from next summer, rising to 18 in 2015.
As part of this, employers would have had to provide training towards an accredited qualification for young employees working for more than 20 hours a week, or alternatively check that the young person was enrolled in accredited part-time training.
In a written ministerial statement, Education Secretary Michael Gove said that the government still wants to raise the participation age from next year, but that introducing the requirement on employers could deter them from taking on young people.
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