If you've been asked to repay training costs after leaving a job, take a breath. Signing the contract doesn't automatically mean you owe what they're asking for.
Employee-favourable
2000
A clause deducting a fixed sum from your pay for not working full notice is an unlawful penalty, not a valid liquidated damages clause, if it doesn't limit what your employer can otherwise claim for its actual loss.
Employee-favourable
2026
A training clawback clause that applies whatever the reason you leave, and leaves your early pay close to nothing once repayments are factored in, is likely to be an unenforceable restraint of trade.
