We are excited to announce that, thanks to funding from Apprenticeships Victoria, we are rolling out on-campus training to all Victorian TAFEs to equip first-year apprentices with knowledge of their workplace rights and empower them to speak up to address workplace issues.To book a visit please fill in the online form here Why is this needed? Sadly, the percentage of apprentices reaching out to the YWC is increasing each year.   In 2022, 70% of YWC legal clients were apprentices. They reached out to us from a range of industries about often a hybrid of issues, including but not limited to, wage theft, bullying, harassment, and other Occupational Health and Safety issues.  Apprenticeship completion rates are low, at around 53% in Victoria., A study by The National Centre for Vocational Education Research foundthat the way apprentices are treated in their employment is the core reason why young workers are withdrawing from their apprenticeships, not the education they are receiving at TAFE. In a report released last year by the McKell Institute they note that the need for support has grown considerably, with 3-times growth in percentage of apprentices who need support to understand their contract obligations.   Given young workers’ disproportionate exposure to wage theft, bullying and unsafe workplaces in Victoria, knowing their workplace rights and where to get help are core life skills that young Victorians need to enter the workforce safely.    We strongly believe that we can limit the risk to young people through education and the integration of comprehensive workplace rights education is key to equipping young workers to advocate for themselves at work and keep them safe early on in their working life.   We want to support apprentices to affect change in their workplaces, so that the workplaces themselves are more conducive to apprenticeship success, and so that...