Should I have to pay a certification training fee?
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Should I have to pay a certification training fee?
My employer requires that I have CPR certification and schedules trainings for employees to attend. Although we get paid time for attending the training, our employer asks us to pay the training fee. Should my employer pay the trainiing fee since the certification is required?
Asked on March 29, 2012 under Employment Labor Law, Minnesota
Answers:
SJZ, Member, New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 12 years ago | Contributor
Whether the employer "should" pay or not, it does not have to. An employer could make it a requirement of a job that an employee possess certain training or credentials; the employer does not need to pay the cost of them, though it free to do so if it likes. For example, employers can require college degrees, yet not pay for them; or require driver's licenses, but not pay for driver's ed.
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