Can I demand that my employer disclose the actual sum spent on my training?
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Can I demand that my employer disclose the actual sum spent on my training?
I was asked by my employer to attend a training which will be paid by them. For this, I will have to sign a bond agreement that will have me tie up to the company for 2 years failing which, I have to pay the full amount spent on me for the training. After looking at the bonded sum, I suspected they over inflated the actual price that they spent on me for the training. I want to know whether it is my right to demand from them to disclose the actual amount spent because this will be counted as my bond sum.
Asked on May 16, 2012 under Employment Labor Law, California
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 11 years ago | Contributor
No, you do not have a right to see this information prior to signing the agreement. Your only right is to decide whether to sign the agrement or not, accepting the consequences of whatever choice you made. IF you sign it, leave, and are forced to repay the money, but believe it was inflated, at that point, you could potentially bring a legal action and sue the company to recover some or all the money; in that legal action, you would have access to legal mechanisms, called "discovery," which you could use to find the information. However, those mechanisms are only available in litigation; without a lawsuit, you have no right to require your employer to disclose this.
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