This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Make Subway pay all of its "Sandwich Artists" at least the minimum wage
Stop companies like Subway from offering apprenticeships for non-skilled jobs requiring little training in order to avoid paying the minimum wage.
Sometimes these apprenticeships last over a year as in the example below and allow the employer to pay their staff as little as £3.40 per hour!
More details
Sandwich Artist apprenticeship vacancy: https://www.findapprenticeship.service.gov.uk/apprenticeship/-45070
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
The Government and Parliament can't change the law to apply to just one company in this way.
If you'd like apprentices to be paid the National Minimum Wage, you could sign this petition instead:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/173677
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