Companies Are Increasingly Charging Former Employees for Job Training After Quitting

Licensed esthetician Simran Bal, who was taken to court by her former employer to repay $1,900 in trainings they required her to attend, poses for a portrait outside the King County District Court in Shoreline, Wash., on Oct. 13, 2022. Bal, whose case was dismissed, says she was already licensed for services the trainings covered. Reuters/Lindsey Wasson

More American companies are charging employees for their own job training if they quit.

At least 10 percent of workers in the United States in 2020 were forced to sign a training repayment agreement by their employers, according to the Cornell Survey Research Institute, in a story by Reuters.