Training repayment agreement provisions (TRAPs),are a new form of “stay-or-pay” contract that indebts employees to their bosses. Often inserted into contracts without workers’ knowledge, these restrictive labor covenants turn employer-sponsored job training and education programs into conditional loans that must be paid back — sometimes at a premium — if employees leave before a set date.
Employers argue that these clauses are a way to recoup their investment in employees who decide to leave the company prematurely. But these contracts have come under fire from labor groups and regulators. Oftentimes, the amount of debt demanded under TRAP contracts — which can be upward of $50,000 — is far higher than the employer’s training costs.
SLAVERY, WITH EXTRA STEPS.
100% agree with you. That’s what college degrees were for, specialized education in a specific area of interest so you could enter the work force with minimal training, and we already pay out the nose for them in the USA. The article uses nursing jobs as an example. RNs in the USA get a bachelor’s which mandates on the job training to get the degree, and pass a licensing exam. The notion that a hospital has to do that much more additional training outside of the software they use for charting, pharmacy orders and communications is laughable.