My employer has many immigrant skilled workers. They have been coming in on contracts for 1 or 2 years and in the contract, apparently it states that if they leave before their contract ends, they are responsible to pay back the employers cost of their immigration.
Now that a couple of guys are leaving before their time, after only 1 year instead of the 2 they signed up for, they have each been presented with a bill of $2650. Apparently the cost of their work permit, which is $150 plus the employers cost of hiring an employment agency to do the paperwork. Is this legal? This amount was never disclosed to them at the point of signing their contract. One of them maintains that his contact person at the company at the time he was hired told him that if he was not happy, he could leave any time, no problems.
Now that a couple of guys are leaving before their time, after only 1 year instead of the 2 they signed up for, they have each been presented with a bill of $2650. Apparently the cost of their work permit, which is $150 plus the employers cost of hiring an employment agency to do the paperwork. Is this legal? This amount was never disclosed to them at the point of signing their contract. One of them maintains that his contact person at the company at the time he was hired told him that if he was not happy, he could leave any time, no problems.