Payback clause

Employers and employees can agree on a payback clause for training-related costs. The law establishes minimum standards that should be considered for the design of agreements between social partners or within companies. Conditions on payback clauses established in the Labour Code can be amended or replaced by collective agreements at the sectoral or company level provided that such conditions are less strict than the national regulations. Employees can be requested to reimburse the cost of employer-financed training incurred in the last 3 years if the employment contract is terminated on the initiative of the employee or by the employer due to a serious instance of employee misconduct. The employee cannot be obliged to reimburse training that benefits the company only (compulsory or firm-specific training).