According to the Grad View site, your company may impose minimum grade requirements to qualify for tuition assistance. Your company may not pay you for a course if you earn less than a B. Or your company may pay a certain percentage based on your cumulative grade point average, the Back to College website says. Your boss may pay 100 percent of your tuition if you maintain a 4.0, but may reduce the percentage for lower GPAs.
Generally speaking, companies don't pay for courses unless they relate to your job. Definitions of "work-related" vary, however, Grad View says. While one company might pay only for classes related to your current job so your employer can see an immediate return on its investment, another might pay for classes that prepare you for a promotion or a management position, depending on how concerned your organization is with career development. Your company may also pay for courses related to skills your supervisor is adding to your current job. For example, if you're currently a writer, your employer may pay for graphic design courses if she's going to require you to design your own publications.
Your company may also withhold tuition reimbursement for a year so your employer can see whether you're practicing on the job the skills you learned in the classroom and to ensure you don't leave right after you've earned a degree on the organization's dime, Grad View says. If you leave immediately after you finish your degree program, your company may deduct the amount of money it invested from your final paycheck or require you to pay back the tuition benefit after your departure.