Physician Contract Glossary · Compensation
Relocation Assistance
Relocation assistance is money the employer provides to cover the cost of moving to take the job.
Relocation assistance covers some or all of the cost of moving for the position, paid as a lump sum or as reimbursement against receipts. It is real money, and it is almost always tied to a clawback: leave within a defined window, usually one to two years, and you repay it. It may also be taxable to you depending on how it is structured.
Check the clawback window and whether the amount is grossed up for taxes. A five-figure relocation package that you owe back if you leave in eighteen months is a retention chain, not a perk.
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