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> If I get fired or quit during the first year of moving to Canada, I would have to pay back all the expenses for the nice mobility package. Is it legally enfo
by conradfr 4y ago
> If I get fired or quit during the first year of moving to Canada, I would have to pay back all the expenses for the nice mobility package.
Is it legally enforceable to make you pay back those expanses if you're fired (at least without cause)?
- pluijzer 4y agoCould be that the candidate starts with a contract for a years so being fired in this time would mean it is not without cause.
- astura 4y agoRelocation stipends are pretty much always paid contingent on signing an agreement that if your employment ceases within X timeframe (no matter the cause) then you have to pay it back, or at least part of it. If an employee has a problem agreeing to such a provision, then they simply don't get the stipend and they have to relocate on their own dime. If you owe any money would depend on the exact wording of whatever agreement was signed. It probably says "for any reason."
- radres 4y agoWhat it says on a contract does not make it enforceable. Original question is asking "if it is enforceable".
- ghaff 4y agoIt's probably enforceable in the sense that you'll probably spend more money fighting it than just negotiating some settlement if the company is serious about clawing it back.
- gregshap 4y agoDon't know about Canada. In the US employers rarely (but not never) attempt to enforce when someone is laid off or fired not-for-cause.
- hanifbbz 4y agoGood to know. Thanks for sharing.