48. Repayment Obligations
"It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot easily
dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities."
Josiah Charles Stamp
i. Am I Obligated IF . . .
- NL 1: “Repayment Obligations When Leaving a Job – How to Get Them Waived”
- QA 1: “Can a resignation be made effective on a later date that avoids a repayment obligation?”
- QA 2: “Can I be forced to repay commissions I never received?”
- QA 3: “Claw-back: If no amount is stated, is it enforceable?”
- QA 4: “If an employee has a Master’s Degree paid for by an employer, based on the employee’s promise to stay three years, or repay the $30,000, what happens if the employee is laid off?”
- QA 5: “If my employer aborts my relocation, do I still have to reimburse it if I leave?”
- QA 6: “Must I repay a ‘Sign On’ bonus if I am fired on trumped up charges?”
- QA 7: “If I’m ‘at will’ and therefore can leave my job whenever I want to, what effect does that have on an agreement I signed that I would repay monies if I left before 12 months?”
ii. Wording and Meaning
- NL 1: Gross Up – Key Words & Phrases
- NL 2: Voluntary – Key Words & Phrases
- NL 3: “Employer Ask You to Sign an Agreement? Ask Your Employer to Pay Your Legal Cost”
- QA 1: “Can a relocation repayment obligation last forever, if the words suggest that?”
- QA 2: “Can vague words in an offer letter create a repayment promise?”
- QA 3: “Does a repayment obligation in an employment contract become invalid if there is no ‘survival clause?'”
- QA 4: “Is sign-on bonus repayment to an employer ‘before taxes’ or ‘after taxes’?”
- QA 5: Gross Up – Key Words & Phrases
- QA 6: Voluntary – Key Words & Phrases
iii. Employer Holdback’s
“If you live your life the right way,
your later years will not be a winter,
but rather a harvest.”