Dh is having contract terminated at end of month so his company can drop his wages and change all his working conditions. They expect him and all other staff to re sign new contract before then.
He has good chance of new job prior to this so may not be signing after all. His company has a policy of making everyone pay for any courses they do if they leave within a year of doing the course.
He got a certificate last year for a course he never even did. Now his work are saying anyone that does not come back on new contract has to pay back £1000 for this course. Bearing in mind you can do this course at any college for £150-300 and it did not cost his company anything to teach it, DH does not see why he should pay it back.
After all his company have dismissed him for not signing contract. If they do charge him, he is tempted to report them to the course awarding authority but then he is worried this could affect everyone's job if the company gets penalised.