I have colleague who is employed in Indonesia. My understanding is that they are mostly likely still considered an 'Australian employee' as the employer is controlled in Australia?
The colleague was recently brought to Australia on a training visit. Partway through the visit, this colleague was presented with a 'Recovery of training costs upon resignation' contract. I objected strongly that this contract should have been arranged prior to the start of the visit. However, the colleague reluctantly signed it anyway, likely believing that their employment would be terminated for not signing. Later I discovered that the period of the contract extended for four years and a total value of approx. 6000AUD. I think this an unfair/unreasonable for several reasons: the contract time is excessive and overly restricts the employee as their income is less than 1000AUD/month, and the employer is actually the dominant benefactor of the training.
I just want some other opinions on the legality/enforceability of this?
