Legal Question in Employment Law in Virginia

can employer require me to volunteer before hiring me?

I inteviewed yesteday for an ultrasound tech position. I'm new out of school. They want to hire me and gave me an application. However, they will not pay me until I can do a full scan on my own. In the meantime they will train me. They expect that it will take 2 weeks to 2 months for the training. I'm nervous about this and wonder about its legality. The job is in Virginia and I live in DC


Asked on 7/01/09, 12:30 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Michael Hendrickson Law Office Michael E. Hendrickson

Re: can employer require me to volunteer before hiring me?

If this proposed training involves more than two weeks of work without pay, you should be suspicious and probably turn it down.

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Answered on 7/02/09, 10:16 pm


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