035: Requiring Employees to Repay Training Costs- is it legal?

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Check out my Free Legal Workshop: 4 Mistakes You Are Making That Lead to Employee Lawsuits - (Sign up HERE). You hire an employee and spend thousands on dollars on a training program so they can work in the specialized department at the company. Less than one year later, they quit and go to work for your competitor- taking the knowledge and skills from the expensive training the company paid for with them. Can the company require the employee to repay the training costs? Does this serve to prevent them from leaving? Is this legal?

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