Can my employer require me to pay for my own CPR training and fingerprint clearance card? I work at a daycare and was told after I was hired I needed them.
Posted 03-04-2014
Steve Duggan replies:
Ordinarily, any training or certifications required by an employer after hire, are the responsibility of the employer to pay for, including the cost of the training, wages during training and travel expenses. However, where the requirements are needed to be able to do the job at all, particularly under a state law, then the employee is responsible for paying for them on their own time. CPR training and a fingerprint clearance card are required in most states to work with children. So, the employer might have thought anyone applying for such a job already knew that.
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