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Validation rules by category

Updated:
03 September 2025

Rule name Version Status Error message
DateEmpStatApp_01 1 Active

The Date employment status applies must not be after the current teaching year

DateEmpStatApp_02 1 Active

The Date employment status applies must not be before 1 August 1990

EmpId_01 1 Active

The Employer identifier is not valid

EmpId_02 1 Active

The Employer identifier is not valid

EmpId_10 1 Active

The Employer identifier has not been returned

EmpId_14 1 Active

The Employer Identifier has been returned and the Learner's Employment status is 'Not in paid employment'

EmpStat_01 1 Changed

An Employment status record has not been returned that applies prior to this Learning start date

EmpStat_02 1 Changed

An Employment status record has not been returned that applies prior to this Learning start date

EmpStat_05 1 Active

The Employment status is not a valid code

EmpStat_08 1 Changed

An Employment status record has not been returned that applies prior to the Learning start date

EmpStat_09 1 Changed

An Employment status record has not been returned that applies prior to the Learning start date

EmpStat_11 1 Changed

An Employment status record has not been returned that applies prior to the Learning start date

EmpStat_12 1 Active

The Employment status on the start date of an apprenticeship programme should be employed

EmpStat_15 1 Active

The Employment status on the start date of an apprenticeship programme must not be unknown

EmpStat_20 1 Active

The learner must be in paid employment for this Learning Delivery Monitoring code to be used.

EmpStat_21 1 New

An Employment status record has not been returned that applies prior to the Learning start date

EmpStat_22 1 New

An Employment status record has not been returned that applies to the learning aim start date

ESMType_01 1 Active

The Employment status monitoring type and code is not valid

ESMType_02 1 Active

The learner's Employment status is 'in paid employment' and the Employment intensity indicator has not been returned

ESMType_05 1 Active

The learner's Employment status is 'in paid employment' and the Length of unemployment has been returned

ESMType_07 1 Active

The learner is self employed and the Employment status is not 'in paid employment'

ESMType_08 4 Changed

The Length of unemployment has not been returned

ESMType_09 1 Active

The Length of employment has not been returned

ESMType_10 1 Active

The Length of employment has been returned

ESMType_11 1 Active

The Length of employment has been returned

ESMType_12 1 Active

The Employment intensity indicator or Self employed indicator has been returned

ESMType_15 1 Active

There must not be more than one record with an ESM type of SEI, EII, LOU, LOE, BSI, PEI, or SEM

ESMType_16 1 Active

The Small employer indicator has been returned and the Learner's Employment status is 'Not in paid employment'

ESMType_17 1 Active

The learner must be receiving work related benefits for this Learning Delivery Monitoring code to be used

ESMType_18 1 Active

The redundancy indicator has been returned and the Learner's Employment status is 'In paid employment'

ESMType_19 1 Active

The 'Small or Medium Employer' indicator has been returned but the Learner's Employment status is 'Not in paid employment'

ESMType_20 1 Active

There must not be more than one of the same OET codes recorded on the employment status