payback clause

In education and training, contractual clause in which an employee commits himself/herself not to resign for a certain period after a training financed by his employer, in order to compensate for the investment in training.

Comment

A payback clause may be included in an employment contract and defines:

the funding by the employer of training for his employee;
the commitment, in return, of the employee to remain in the company for a minimum period; if this commitment is not respected, the employee is requested to reimburse all or part of the training cost.

Source

Cedefop.