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Hi all - I work for a government department and last year took up a two year course funded by my department. The course form asked me to tick a box to say I had an intention to stay with the department for two years following the completion of the course (which I did at the time).
A year later, growing unsatisfied in my role, I applied and was accepted for a secondment to a different government department for a year however my director blocked this as they had funded my course.
The new government department then offered me a permanent contract however my team told me if I tried to leave I would be sent a bill for the full course. I was shown a policy on the intranet which I had never been shown before stating course fees must be repaid if I leave my department. The intranet page also has a learning agreement form to sign which outlines this too (I was never asked to sign this).
Since raising this at work people who have signed up to the course after me have been sent the learning agreement to sign.
I'm just looking for advice on whether my department really can, as they say, send me a bill if I move to another department even though I never signed a form to say this. They seem to be relying on a clause in my contract which says I will comply with local policy documents (which this intranet pdf would probably count as) and I am unsure if this clause means they have met their obligations under s15 of the Era
Advice would be warmly welcomed!
A year later, growing unsatisfied in my role, I applied and was accepted for a secondment to a different government department for a year however my director blocked this as they had funded my course.
The new government department then offered me a permanent contract however my team told me if I tried to leave I would be sent a bill for the full course. I was shown a policy on the intranet which I had never been shown before stating course fees must be repaid if I leave my department. The intranet page also has a learning agreement form to sign which outlines this too (I was never asked to sign this).
Since raising this at work people who have signed up to the course after me have been sent the learning agreement to sign.
I'm just looking for advice on whether my department really can, as they say, send me a bill if I move to another department even though I never signed a form to say this. They seem to be relying on a clause in my contract which says I will comply with local policy documents (which this intranet pdf would probably count as) and I am unsure if this clause means they have met their obligations under s15 of the Era
Advice would be warmly welcomed!
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