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457 Sponsor Change - Repayment of Relocation costs

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  • 09-05-2013 7:43pm
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    crazy8
    Registered Users Posts: 94 ✭✭


    So I feel I am not getting a good competitive wage and now a Mercer study requested by my company showed that the Melbourne office is the lowest paid comparing all the company's offices globally and that the wages are under the market competitive rate.

    They paid for a bunch of relocation costs, around 15 grand it comes to. If I leave will I be legally liable to pay some of these costs back? The company says yes but I am not sure if it is a scare tactic. The company is about 80% expats.

    The signed 3 year contract states that costs may have to be paid back if leaving the company for unjustified reasons, it also states the contract is valid as long as it is in line with Victoria's laws. Wondering if anyone has experience of this kind of situation and if the company have a leg to stand on?


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    Mellor
    Registered Users Posts: 39,339 ✭✭✭✭Mellor


    crazy8 wrote: »
    They paid for a bunch of relocation costs, around 15 grand it comes to. If I leave will I be legally liable to pay some of these costs back?
    That is nothing to do with the 457 visa and comes down to the contract you signed.
    The signed 3 year contract states that costs may have to be paid back if leaving the company for unjustified reasons
    There's your answer.


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    dartup
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 64 ✭✭dartup


    http://www.dlapiper.com/australia/publications/detail.aspx?pub=6319


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    crazy8
    Registered Users Posts: 94 ✭✭crazy8


    Cheers for the link dartup. Will read up a bit on the fair work act.

    I get the impression they are getting expats in on the cheap and scaring them into thinking they are tied in with the threat of repayment of relocation costs paid by the company.


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