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Company Made My Sister Buy A Car — Now Wants Full Payment When She Resigns. What Should She Do?

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Location: Oregon, Hillsboro

Hi everyone, we need some advice.

My sister has been working at a company for about 5 years. During her employment, the company told her to buy a car for work purposes. They said the company would pay for it in full, but my sister would repay the company monthly through salary deductions.

She agreed. So far, she has already paid about half of the car’s price back to the company. The car is registered under her name, not the company’s.

Now she decided to leave the company because after 5 years, she still hasn’t received any promotion or salary increase. The company is okay with her resigning, but they are demanding that she pay the entire remaining balance of the car immediately.

The problem is she doesn’t have that amount of money available all at once. There was no clear written contract stating that she must fully pay the car immediately if she resigns.

So now we’re confused:

-Is the company legally allowed to demand full payment right away?

-Since the car is under her name, does that change anything?

Any advice would really help. Thank you.

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