Yes. In fact most companies have in their handbook that if you receive employer paid for training and you quit before a certain amount of time has passed you are responsible to repay the company for what they have laid out.
Employers own the business, and should be allowed to do with it what they please.
And I should never disapprove or say that something is not right?
Once again note that I never said it was illegal. Nor did I say that it should be. I am saying that it is not right and is a sign of a poor corporate culture which, if not corrected, will ultimately lead to the company losing business.
Your apparent belief that as long as it is legal that no one should disapprove and state their disapproval is part and parcel of where new and restrictive laws come from.
By the way, the employer James Hagedorn, does not own the business. He is an employee of the stockholders in Scott's Worldwide.
I disagree with your description of my position. I have no problem with posters on FR stating their opinions of employer policies, or with the employees doing the same. For the record, I don't agree with the employer policy concerning after hours smoking, I just support the right of the employer to have such a policy. My basis for that support is the reciprocal right of the employee to quit for a bad reason if that employee wishes to do so.
Awesome post.