Legal analysis: A labor contract is signed, and the service period is stipulated. If an employee fails to perform the contract, he will have to pay liquidated damages, which is the training fee spent during the training period. No training fee, no penalty. Without a labor contract and an agreed service period, there will be no liquidated damages. The training agreement is not the same as the labor contract, and the service period agreed in the labor contract must be valid.

Legal basis: Article 22 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Labor Contract Law. Where an employer provides special training fees for laborers and provides them with professional and technical training, it may conclude an agreement with the laborers 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 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.