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.
Fuck. That. Noise.
Until they reach a certain age anyway
Employers argue that these clauses are a way to recoup their investment in employees
Uhhh, don’t the employers get to keep all the profit from the employee’s productivity because their role is to take financial risks to reap the rewards?
And the employees just get their paycheck because they are just selling their time to the employer and not participating in the risk vs reward?
This is just the 37th consecutive flavor of socialize the losses, privatize the profits.
Employers argue that these clauses are a way to recoup their investment in employees who decide to leave the company prematurely.
Employers can go fuck themselves. You’re recouped on those training costs when the people that receive that training become better at their jobs and make the stupid number go up. If employers want to treat people like fucking investments, they need to learn the risk of losing money on their investments.
If employers want to treat people like fucking investments
They might say they want to do that, but it’s been pretty clear for a long time that what they (at least the conservatively-minded ones) want is to treat people like property.
