Vocational education and training - VET

Legislative amendments to Part III (Standard Hours, Wages, Vacations and Holidays) of the Canada Labour Code required supporting regulations before coming into force. The provisions respecting interns were subsequently modified in the Budget Implementation Act, 2017, No. 2 (Bill C-63) to limit unpaid internships in the federally regulated private sector to only those that are part of an educational program. These legislative amendments received Royal Assent on December 14, 2017, and recognize interns in two ways:

Interns: individuals seeking to obtain knowledge or experience through a temporary placement in the workplace that is not part of an educational program. They will have the same labour standards protections as employees, including the right to be paid at least the minimum wage.
Student interns: students undertaking temporary placement in the workplace that fulfil the requirements of an educational program. They may be unpaid and will be entitled to certain labour standards protections set out in the new Standards for Work-Integrated Learning Activities Regulations.

hrough new legislation introduced this month, the Government of Australia aims to establish a new level of scrutiny for both vocational training and higher education providers seeking to secure or maintain official registration in Australia
As a result of the pending legislation, the government will have new powers to suspend or terminate the registration of poor-performing providers
Under the terms of a new VET loan programme introduced this year, poorly performing vocational providers may also be removed from loan eligibility
The pending legislative amendments do not include a previously anticipated “opt out” option for education agents with respect to a new performance tracking system for agent referrals