Question

Cindy earned a 10 percent increase in her salary and received the entire increase at the beginning of the year, with the stipulation that she would not leave the company in that year. Five months later, she quit her job and went to work for a competitor. She had to return the 10 percent payment she had received because she had violated a rule for ________.

Answer 1

Answer:

Lump-sum salary increase.

Explanation:

A lump-sum salary increase is an amount paid instead of increase in salary. It is not added to the fixed base salary, it is instead given in the form of a single cash payment, as it is the case with Cindy here. This is why it is also known as lump sum bonus, because it is given as a single payment, as it was in Cindy’s case, all given at the beginning of the year.