Work related legal stuff.

A quick question for you folks.

My company sent me on a training course, about £1500 worth they say. Now that I've quit, they say I must pay the money back and are threatening to withhold my leave pay and expenses money to do so.
I never signed anything that stated I was liable for this money and when I joined it wasn't in the company rules or my letter of appointment.

Other employees who have recently been signed up for training have signed the letters saying that they'll pay the money back if they leave within 3 years.

I'm going in tomorrow to write an email saying that I will not pay them back and that if they do take money off me I'll take them to an industrial tribunal. Although I have no idea what that would entail and I'm basically out on a limb here.

They also said that I wasn't getting paid on my normal payday, the 15th of the month. The letter said that my P45 and final payment would follow in "due course".

WTF do I do, if they don't pay me on the normal day I'll already be in trouble. If I argue and they withhold money I'll be in more trouble, financially.

None of this really helps when everybody around me seems to be wigging out...

no idea, but try dropping ed a PM and mabe you will get lucky.

[fizzwheel]

Check the small print of your job contract if you have one. I have a clause in mine that says I have to pay back training costs or a % of them if I leave within a certain time period.

Citizens advice for you I would think unless you've been already ?

I'd be careful about writing anything down at the moment, I'd be asking them for written confirmation of what they are saying to you about having to pay the training costs back and not saying anything in reply until you have got some proper advice from somebody who knows what they are talking about.

I.e not me

Without wishing to pry, but have you f*cked them off by quiting, have you given proper notice etc etc, sounds like somebody somewhere is holding a grudge over something and are trying to make things difficult for you.

Hope you get it sorted.

Originally Posted by Warren

no idea, but try dropping ed a PM

fine

Originally Posted by Warren

and mabe you will get lucky.

NOT BL**DY LIKELY

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

Without wishing to pry, but have you f*cked them off by quiting, have you given proper notice etc etc, sounds like somebody somewhere is holding a grudge over something and are trying to make things difficult for you.

I gave them 30 days when I put my notice in, will do my job until that day. They probably are angry at me quitting but I see no other way.

Hun, you have a pm

Thanks I'll see how it goes today

Any advice I could offer is just common sense stuff you've probably thought of already, but I hope things go OK for you in the end.

It's crappy enough to be put into a situation where your only real option is quitting - this sound like icing the cake doesn't need.

Good luck.

All the HR people seemed to be on holiday today, now I have to wait until tomorrow to fight.. ermm discuss this with them.

Originally Posted by fizzwheel

Check the small print of your job contract if you have one. I have a clause in mine that says I have to pay back training costs or a % of them if I leave within a certain time period.

I'd be asking them for written confirmation of what they are saying to you about having to pay the training costs back and not saying anything in reply until you have got some proper advice from somebody who knows what they are talking about.

I.e not me

what he said!

I've worked at a few places where they'll pay for training but with conditions to pay the money back if you leave within a certain time, and they've always involved signing some sort of form/contract before funds are released.