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Pay Thousands to Quit Your Job? Some Employers Say So. Some U.S. businesses are forcing workers to sign contracts that demand steep “reimbursements” if they leave. (www.nytimes.com)

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Back in 1992 I applied for a job with the Los Angeles Police Department. One thing you needed to agree on was similar to this, stay with the LAPD for 5 years or pay them $60,000 in training and "other" expenses. I was told they do this so people don't quit as soon as they get a job with Hollywood (Actor, writer, etc.).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The article talks about how these sorts of contracts have to be tied directly to training costs to be legal. In the first example in the article the contract didn't specify an amount and didn't tie it to, really, anything. So it was legally like coercing someone to stay and work according to the lawyer that took the case.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

In my country companies are forced to give a certain amount of hours of free training a year to employees or they pay heavy fines.

They usually fill it up with compliance training bullshit though.