Training Agreement with Repayment Clause

An agreement between an employer and an employee for significant paid training, such as a professional qualification. The employer pays the costs and gives paid time; the employee agrees to repay a reducing share of the costs if they leave, or abandon the training, within a set period. It includes written consent to deductions and a National Minimum Wage safeguard.

• Before booking costly external training or a qualification
• Not for mandatory, induction or routine training, and never for funded apprenticeship training (clause 10)

• Fill in Schedule 1 with the training and the actual costs
• Choose the repayment scale in Schedule 2 (banded or monthly)
• Give the employee time to read it; both sign before the training is booked
• Run the NMW check in Schedule 3 before making any deduction