what does law say about 2 yr contract for going to a PICC line training

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My friend was sent to a PICC line training but after several weeks, her employer is asking her to sign a contract to stay with the hospital for 2 years. Is this legal? What can she say to her employer as they make her sign? They didn't make her sign the contract before she was sent to the training. She didn't apply for it, but was chosen.

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Specializes in VA-BC, CRNI.

Legal? They can ask her to sign any contract they want, they can even ask her to sign a contract to donate her kidneys and eyes to the hospital.

Now can they force her to sign the contract? Not physically but they can terminate her if she does not sign the new contract.

If she had any smarts she would say no. She can negotiate for a TON of money now that she has a PICC cert. Unless it is only valid at that hospital.

I know someone with a national PICC cert that negotiated with a facility to put in PICCs for a few hundred per PICC. Checks were in the thousands per day.

EDIT: To clarify, the law says nothing. The contract is an issue between two private parties, the Gov has nothing to do with it.

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You are great!

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Specializes in CT stepdown, hospice, psych, ortho.

is that employere loco or what? why on earth would they ask you to sign something after the fact?

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Someone failed to do their job in a timely manner and is probably now crapping themselves to get the contract signed so they don't get in trouble!

The time for signing a contract is gone and I would not be signing anything. I don't believe refusal to sign the contract will result in termination of a contented employee who has just finished a specialty course and shows no desire to quit.

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Specializes in Hospice, corrections, psychiatry, rehab, LTC.

If they wanted a commitment, the time to ask was before they paid for the course. Someone in administration is probably crapping themselves now because they realize they have a highly-trained employee with a very marketable skill who can just walk. Their only hope of hanging onto her now is to hope that she is gullible enough to commit to stay after the fact. Personally I would tell them to stuff it, and let them sweat the consequences of their mistake.

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A former employer asked me to sign away my claim to unpaid overtime after the fact. I never signed the document and have yet to decide whether I will take legal action to get my pay. Asking a person to sign something after the fact is a good way to alienate employees, either way. Now, had she signed the contract before the training, I would have to say that she had her opportunity to read the paper and decline the terms.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.

What does the law say?

Only sure way to know is to ask an attorney.

An online nursing forum will likely give you many opinions, none of which are legal opinions.

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