Can an employer make continuing educations mandatory and require employees to pay for the classes up front?
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Can an employer make continuing educations mandatory and require employees to pay for the classes up front?
Asked on June 30, 2011 under Employment Labor Law, Texas
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Unless company policy or a union/employment contract provides otherwise, an employer can make continuing education classes mandatory. In fact in an "at will" employment situation an employer can hire/fire at its discretion and increase/decrease salary/hours, promote/demote, and generally impose requirements as it sees fit. In turn, an empolyer can work for an employer or not, their choice. As for making the employee pay upfront with a later company reimbursement, yes that's legal.
Note: An employer can't arbitrarily deduct from an employee's paycheck for such training costs.
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