Repaying employee training costs

babyemily

My husband is moving to another company.
As he has had training he is required to pay this back. It is in his contract of employment.
100% for the first 12 months
80% for the following 12 months
He is within the first 12 months.
His new company has agreed to reimburse these costs.
However, his old company refuse to give a breakdown of said costs and we believe he is being charged for courses which he is not required to pay for.
Do we have any right to clarification or do we have to just accept their eye watering sum ( over £1000 ).
Currently all he has is an email, stating he is required to pay back £1186 for training which will be deducted from his final salary.
He has asked for a breakdown but been ignored.
Any help or advice would be much appreciated.
Thank you.

Undervalued

babyemily wrote: »

My husband is moving to another company.
As he has had training he is required to pay this back. It is in his contract of employment.
100% for the first 12 months
80% for the following 12 months
He is within the first 12 months.
His new company has agreed to reimburse these costs.
However, his old company refuse to give a breakdown of said costs and we believe he is being charged for courses which he is not required to pay for.
Do we have any right to clarification or do we have to just accept their eye watering sum ( over £1000 ).
Currently all he has is an email, stating he is required to pay back £1186 for training which will be deducted from his final salary.
He has asked for a breakdown but been ignored.
Any help or advice would be much appreciated.
Thank you.

He certainly has a right to details but getting them may be another matter.

They can simply deduct the amount from his final salary and he will be let in the position of having to reclaim any excess.

He could make a subject access request under the DPA for any and all details they hold about him. Although they are legally required to respond within (from memory) 40 days it is still not easy to progress if they don't.

sangie595

babyemily wrote: »

My husband is moving to another company.
As he has had training he is required to pay this back. It is in his contract of employment.
100% for the first 12 months
80% for the following 12 months
He is within the first 12 months.
His new company has agreed to reimburse these costs.
However, his old company refuse to give a breakdown of said costs and we believe he is being charged for courses which he is not required to pay for.
Do we have any right to clarification or do we have to just accept their eye watering sum ( over £1000 ).
Currently all he has is an email, stating he is required to pay back £1186 for training which will be deducted from his final salary.
He has asked for a breakdown but been ignored.
Any help or advice would be much appreciated.
Thank you.

Yes they should provide a break down. But possession is 9/10ths of the law and they possess his salary. If you new employer has said they will repay him these costs, then is it worth arguing about? Because it's going to take time and money to take it to court, just to get a piece of paper. Unless the new employer requires it for repayment, I'd let it go.

And whilst I don't know what training is being referred to here, I should point out that just over £1000 is actually rather cheap for multiple courses. It certainly isn't an eye-watering amount.

What courses do you think he isn't required to pay for? Because in law there isn't such a thing as a course you "aren't required to pay for". Even specific job related training.

babyemily

Thank you. We believe they are trying to charge him for courses he is not liable for, namely health & safety.
Also his new employer needs more than a generic email.
Fingers crossed it gets sorted.

babyemily

sangie595 wrote: »

Yes they should provide a break down. But possession is 9/10ths of the law and they possess his salary. If you new employer has said they will repay him these costs, then is it worth arguing about? Because it's going to take time and money to take it to court, just to get a piece of paper. Unless the new employer requires it for repayment, I'd let it go.

And whilst I don't know what training is being referred to here, I should point out that just over £1000 is actually rather cheap for multiple courses. It certainly isn't an eye-watering amount.

What courses do you think he isn't required to pay for? Because in law there isn't such a thing as a course you "aren't required to pay for". Even specific job related training.

The course he has to pay for is gas, usually between £5-700 every 5 years.
The courses he is not liable for are the compulsory health & safety courses.
Thank you.