"Training agreements are usually legally binding. According to the law, if an employer provides special training fees for workers and conducts professional and technical training, it may conclude an agreement with the workers to stipulate the service period. If the laborer violates the service period agreement, he shall pay liquidated damages to the employer in accordance with the agreement.

The legal effect of the training agreement is as follows:

1. It is legal and effective for the company to organize employee training and sign a training agreement with employees. In fact, the agreement is equivalent to the nature of the labor contract;

2. According to the new labor law, the company can organize employees to carry out training, but it cannot charge training fees;

3. The company can sign contracts with employees who organize training, but the liquidated damages are too high and illegal.

A training contract is a contract signed between an employer and a worker. The employer provides training conditions or opportunities for the worker, and the worker promises to serve the unit within a certain period of time. Its content generally stipulates the specific training content, training conditions, service period and liability for breach of contract.

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People's Republic of China (PRC) labor contract law

Article 4 Rules and Regulations The employing unit shall establish and improve the labor rules and regulations according to law, so as to ensure that workers enjoy their labor rights and fulfill their labor obligations.

When an employing unit formulates, modifies or decides the rules and regulations or major issues directly related to the vital interests of workers, such as labor remuneration, working hours, rest and vacation, labor safety and hygiene, insurance and welfare, employee training, labor discipline and labor quota management, it shall discuss with the workers' congress or all employees, put forward plans and opinions, and negotiate with trade unions or employee representatives on an equal footing.

In the process of implementing rules and regulations and major issues, trade unions or employees have the right to propose to the employer and revise and improve them through consultation.

The employing unit shall publicize or inform the rules and regulations and major issues directly related to the vital interests of workers.

Twenty-second during the service period, the employer can provide special training fees for workers and provide them with professional and technical training, and can conclude an agreement with the workers to stipulate the service period.

If the actor violates the service period agreement, he shall pay liquidated damages to the employer in accordance with the agreement. The amount of liquidated damages shall not exceed the training expenses provided by the employer. The liquidated damages that the employer requires the laborer to pay shall not exceed the training expenses that should be shared for the unfinished part of the service period.

If the employer and the employee agree on the service period, it will not affect the employee's improvement of labor remuneration in accordance with the normal wage adjustment mechanism during the service period. "