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    Dongfeng Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
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    Mar 1, 2012, 03:12 PM
    No sign-on bonus contract
    I didn't have a sign-on bonus agreemet. But the former employer claimed that I accepted their offer which has a clause saying that I shall repay the sign-on bonus if I leave voluntarily before one year. I left in about 10 months and they asked the money back.

    The offer letter doesn't have my signature on it too. So my question is: is there ever an agreement between me and the company on sign-on bonus? Does the sign-on bonus clause in the offer letter have legal binding on me?

    Thanks!
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    Mar 1, 2012, 03:24 PM
    Yes. All they need too prove is that they have a policy on sign-on bonuses and that it was part of the offer. Since you accepted the job, you agreed to the bonus terms.
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    Mar 1, 2012, 03:34 PM
    And I'll add that verbal agreements are binding.

    You phrased this very carefully - did you or did you not agree to return the bonus?
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