And on top of that you do get tax-free living, housing allowance and relocation benefits.
The developer is using relocation benefits to encourage renters to leave.
The Senate last week approved an amendment to the labor, health and human services appropriations bill that would grant Iraqi and Afghan interpreters and translators the same relocation benefits as refugees for six months.
Other restrictions — on military family housing, relocation benefits and access to legal assistance, commissaries and military identification cards — stem from Defense Department regulations that military officials and gay advocates say could be changed without legislative action.
At stake is up to $14 million in unemployment, job training and relocation benefits for the 1,100 workers who lost their jobs after the company abruptly shut down on Aug. 31.
Bear in mind that Mr. Apotheker had already been paid "relocation benefits" of $4.6 million and a signing bonus of $4 million on Nov. 29 of last year, so his payments — almost $10 million after he signed on and just over $13 million to leave — would total at least $23 million for 11 months of work.
As a vice president of talent acquisition at a major pharmaceutical company, I was surprised that, when we recruited Ph.D. scientists, very few inquired about relocation benefits until after accepting an offer.
Companies "can't necessarily afford to pay the premium level of relocation benefits," she said.
Berry emphasized the importance for agencies to use all recruitment tools, citing relocation benefits that could keep agencies competitive with the private sector, and stated he would create a strategic plan and set performance goals for the Office of Personnel Management.
Berry worked to create a complaint procedure for employees who experience discrimination because of their sexual orientation, to expand relocation benefits and counseling services to domestic partners of employees, to establish a liaison to gay and lesbian workers, and to eliminate discriminatory provisions of the National Park Service's law enforcement standards.
