While employed in CA, my company was relocating their office from the San Francisco Bay area to other areas in CA. I chose to relocate at the company's expense and signed a 1 year relocation expense agreement. I was the only person in the new location that transfered in from the Bay Area.
From the get go I had terrible run-ins with upper management but never reported the incidents to HR. After enduring 6 months of torture I decided to quit and return to the Bay Area. Upon quiting, I made numerous complaints in my HR reviwe that I quit due to poor management at the location. A couple months later I found out that 5 other people quit in the months after I quit and that there was an internal HR review of the branch office. I don't know what happended to the Branch Manager, who was the cause of all the troubles, but I do know that a few department managers quit due to the same problems I had.
Do I have any legal ground to stand on to get out of paying the prorated relocation expenses due to poor working conditions? Would testimony from other employees help my cause or is all of this irrelevant? Thank you.
From the get go I had terrible run-ins with upper management but never reported the incidents to HR. After enduring 6 months of torture I decided to quit and return to the Bay Area. Upon quiting, I made numerous complaints in my HR reviwe that I quit due to poor management at the location. A couple months later I found out that 5 other people quit in the months after I quit and that there was an internal HR review of the branch office. I don't know what happended to the Branch Manager, who was the cause of all the troubles, but I do know that a few department managers quit due to the same problems I had.
Do I have any legal ground to stand on to get out of paying the prorated relocation expenses due to poor working conditions? Would testimony from other employees help my cause or is all of this irrelevant? Thank you.