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bmgeof
My question involves labor and employment law for the state of: Texas
I began work for a small company recently. I was informed by other employees that the management requires the employees to attending training classes during their off hours and they do not get paid. Now this is training that gives you special certifications and licenses that normally would cost the employee money if they were to do it outside of the company but they offer it to the employee for free. I can see how this might be considered "getting paid" but what doesn't make sense though is if the employee is terminated or resigns, the employer requires the employee to pay for the training they attended. The training also can be several hours long and is not equivalent to what you'd be paid if those were regular work hours. I looked up what the rules/laws were for training and saw the 4 requirements that needed to be met , but I'm not sure how it would apply to this scenario.
Any help would be very much welcome, thanks in advance!