For all of you who are accepted as a new employee:
Read this important info before you start work
When an employer gives on the job training, he is required by law to pay the employee for training hours. Training hour rates can be lower than hourly rates for those who have passed training, as long as they are at least the minimum wage.You should also be getting a higher rate than the day shift hours if your shift or training is done at night (after 10 pm)
The employer is also obligated by law to pay for travel expenses to and from the place of work for training days. Training days count as tenure and the official start date is the first day of training. Many employers, especially Hi-tech and marketing companies have a custom of signing employees to an agreement whereby they are committed to remain with the employer for a specified period of time. This is usually because of the costs of training. Some even go as far as to specify monetary fines, which they deduct from the employee’s final paycheck, for employees who do not comply with this. This practice is illegal and will not stand up in a court of law. I was personally witnessing to a labor court that not only ruled that the employer refund immediately any withheld funds, but also linked them to interest and forced the employer to pay all court costs. Anytime you are faced with signing a document like this, do not argue it – it is not a legal agreement when it infringes on your rights by law, which incidentally cannot be waived, especially by what is known as a binding collective, one-sided agreement.
Moshe Egel-Tal, CSPP
Founder and CEO, Israpay "making payroll simple"
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