Animal Doc
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What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? New Hampshire
My wife worked as a veterinarian at a New Hampshire animal hospital from Jan. 2006 until Oct. 2008. Among the benefits she received from her employer was reimbursement for certain professional expenses, including her state license and continuing education (both required of her to continue practicing medicine in NH).
Upon her departure this month (she accepted a job at another hospital), her employer demanded that she re-pay some of those reimbursements that she'd already received. In a letter, her employer stated that those benefits "were based on you working a complete year." Since she only worked 78 percent of the calendar year, her employer wants her to repay 22 percent of the reimbursements.
There is no written employment agreement or contract beyond a letter indicating her annual salary and vacation time. My wife has never received a copy of any hospital policy that speaks to this issue.
Does her former employer have any basis for trying to recoup these benefits?
Thanks.
My wife worked as a veterinarian at a New Hampshire animal hospital from Jan. 2006 until Oct. 2008. Among the benefits she received from her employer was reimbursement for certain professional expenses, including her state license and continuing education (both required of her to continue practicing medicine in NH).
Upon her departure this month (she accepted a job at another hospital), her employer demanded that she re-pay some of those reimbursements that she'd already received. In a letter, her employer stated that those benefits "were based on you working a complete year." Since she only worked 78 percent of the calendar year, her employer wants her to repay 22 percent of the reimbursements.
There is no written employment agreement or contract beyond a letter indicating her annual salary and vacation time. My wife has never received a copy of any hospital policy that speaks to this issue.
Does her former employer have any basis for trying to recoup these benefits?
Thanks.