A school in Oz charged their new-hire instructors a training bond for their new night ratings, instruments, NVG etc, and when a downturn happened and the new-hires were the first ones off, the school asked for the payment of the bonds.
A dispute ensued, and the school lost, because the instructors had been made redundant.
Next time around, the school created a separate "company" to do the training, so the bond was owed to that company and not the school. Next cycle, the new-hire/new-fire had to pay the money back.
Last edited by Ascend Charlie; 26th March 2019 at 19:00.