Corporations Want to Prevent Workers From Leaving Their Jobs
As regulators crack down on noncompete agreements that bar workers from finding better jobs, employees across the country are increasingly bound by a new form of “stay-or-pay” contract that indebts them to their bosses.
TRAPs are common in retail jobs like fast-food restaurants where extensive job training isn’t typically considered necessary. (Christopher Dilts / Bloomberg via Getty Images)
A Texas nurse switched to a better-paying job at a nearby hospital only to wind up with debt collectors at her door demanding she pay her former employer back for a loan she didn’t know she owed.
A cargo pilot faced a $20,000 lawsuit over job-training expenses at a commercial airline that had just fired him for refusing to fly a plane under unsafe conditions.
After being promised college tuition relief paid for by Chipotle, fast-food workers can get stuck with the tuition bill.
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