What is the name of your state? NY
I work for a company in NY that offers tuition reimbursement. I am going to law school in the fall and wanted to work and go to law school part time. I applied for tuition reimbursement and was denied. The reason i was given is as follows: There are very few functions at ______ for which obtaining a law degree would be considered directly job related to an individual's current function. In most cases, obtaining a law degree would prepare someone for a different career thatn he/she is presently in and would therefore not be considered job related nor reimburseable under _____ tuition refund policy. A law degree is not a requirement of your job function or responsibilities.
I work with lawsuits at my company. People who are in similar positions with the company are being reimbursed currently for a Masters in Legal Studies, which is 10 law classes at the same law school i would be attending, in the same exact classes i would be in. These people's degrees in legal studies is no more relevant than my law degree would be. Its the same law classes!
Basically, they are saying that they will not reimburse because my degree would be a jd and the other people's degree are masters. Can they do this? I know most companies offer a policy where you sign a contract, but there is no offer of this even. Also, i never even requested full tuition reimbursement, but I requested that i should be reimbursed at least 10 classes just as others had been for their master's. Can they continue to deny me?
Thanks for any light that could be shed.
I work for a company in NY that offers tuition reimbursement. I am going to law school in the fall and wanted to work and go to law school part time. I applied for tuition reimbursement and was denied. The reason i was given is as follows: There are very few functions at ______ for which obtaining a law degree would be considered directly job related to an individual's current function. In most cases, obtaining a law degree would prepare someone for a different career thatn he/she is presently in and would therefore not be considered job related nor reimburseable under _____ tuition refund policy. A law degree is not a requirement of your job function or responsibilities.
I work with lawsuits at my company. People who are in similar positions with the company are being reimbursed currently for a Masters in Legal Studies, which is 10 law classes at the same law school i would be attending, in the same exact classes i would be in. These people's degrees in legal studies is no more relevant than my law degree would be. Its the same law classes!
Basically, they are saying that they will not reimburse because my degree would be a jd and the other people's degree are masters. Can they do this? I know most companies offer a policy where you sign a contract, but there is no offer of this even. Also, i never even requested full tuition reimbursement, but I requested that i should be reimbursed at least 10 classes just as others had been for their master's. Can they continue to deny me?
Thanks for any light that could be shed.