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From: jay@imagen.UUCP (Jay Jaeckel)
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Subject: Re: Is this company breaking the law with it's employees?
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Date: Sat, 1-Feb-86 16:57:04 EST
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> In article <454@faron.UUCP> rjd@faron.UUCP (Robert DeBenedictis) writes:
> >To answer my own question, it IS EDS!
> >
> >I had an interview with them this morning.  I can't confirm anything about
> >having to work long hours, but they told me that when I accepted the job I
> >would have to sign a promisary note saying I would either work for 3 years
> >after I completed their training or else pay them $9000.  (There were some
> >other details like if you work a year and then quit you only pay $6000, etc.)
> >

Among the many replies to the original posting on this topic, no one has yet
addressed the original question:  Is this company doing something illegal?

Of course, only a lawyer or worker at some regulatory agency of appropriate
jurisdiction would be able to answer that properly.  The best answer anyone
else could give would be to advise the employee (or the person who posted
the question on the employee's behalf) to see a lawyer or regulatory agency.

It sure sounds like those employees are getting good and scrod, judging from
the original posting.  Would such activity fall under some Federal labor laws,
or under some State laws?  Regardless of what other details discussed there
are or aren't legal, I can't imagine that $9000 pay-back part being legal or
enforceable!  That employee should see a lawyer (as much as I hate recommend
anyone patronizing a lawyer!) or a regulatory agent (same comment!), and FAST.

I am not a laywer or regulatory agent, and not sorry of it.

						-- J.J.
						...{ucbvax,decwrl}!imagen!jay

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