The work experience scheme has been controversial owing to the benefit sanction and concerns young people were being used as "slave labour" in menial jobs.
Those taking part in the eight-week scheme were able to quit in the first week of the placement, but faced losing their benefits if they quit after that point.
In recent weeks a number of companies, including Poundland and Burger King, announced they would no longer be taking part.
A spokeswoman for the Department for Work and Pensions confirmed that, after a meeting involving employment minister Chris Grayling and employers, the sanction of removing a young person’s benefits if they left a placement after a week has been scrapped.
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