<prompt> Human: I have recently given my current employer notice of new employment. While employed I was allowed to expense fees associated with obtaining my professional license. I am scheduled to sit for examination in October. After giving my notice my office manager has notified me that they expect me to pay back the already expensed fees 800 or have it taken out of my final pay check. This sounds very fishy to me and I dont believe that I should be responsible to pay this back. I was taking this expenditure as a benefit of the job in line with 401k HSA contributions that they make on a monthly basis. Thanks for any advicecomments.EDITUPDATE: Thank you all for your feedback and responses. You all are the best.After speaking with my Wife the voice of reason I am not going to contest the payback. My employer has given me the experience that I needed in order to qualify to obtain my professional license. If they were not willing to pay for the examination fees in the first place, I would have paid for them myself gladly. I am not overly concerned with the relationship after employment, but I am choosing the path that could benefit this relationship. I was caught off guard by the way this subject was approached and had a knee jerk reaction. At this point I am ready to move on to bigger and better things with a clean break.Thanks again for the feedback.  <response>: It is not fishy at all. It is benefitting you, not the company at this point. But saying that you would have to see if they have this specific thing in a personnel manual somewhere or when you signed the contract of employment if in fact you did.My last company this was one of the stipulations of getting reimbursement for this type of thing. First, you had to pass the test, and second you had to stay for a year after taking the exam. Why would they pay for you to take the exam get the certification and leave them without getting any benefit out of you working for them while certified? 