How much unpaid training can a company legally require?
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How much unpaid training can a company legally require?
My son is bi-polar and does not always understand or remember important details.. such as employment agreements. His latest position, was doing door to door sales for Direct TV and ATT through a third party company. He knows he filled out a W-4 and an I-9 but has no idea of any other paperwork, if any, he may have signed. It was his understanding that he would make a base pay of $400 a week plus commission on any sales. After being with the company for 3 weeks, he finally decided to ask about pay since he had not received a check yet. He was then told that all training was unpaid. This company had him working/training for 10-12 hours a day, 6 days a week. During his training he would spend maybe 2 to 3 hours in the office and the rest of the time in the field doing door to door sales with a
Asked on February 8, 2018 under Employment Labor Law, Kansas
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 6 years ago | Contributor
There is no such thing as legal unpaid training. Any time spend training with other employees or on training mandated or required by the employer is work time and must be paid. If an employee gets a credential or certificate or degree on his own, to improve his odds of being hired or promoted, that is not paid, because he is doing this voluntarily; but required training is work time and should be paid. Your son may wish to contact the dept. of labor to file a complaint.
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