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This interpretation of 401k match language would make DBG very proud (pic)

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Seedy Autistic Market
  04/24/24
Smart!
beady-eyed rehab
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mind-boggling mahogany pisswyrm
  04/24/24
lmao
Galvanic Nowag
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lmao
Pearl Stage
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Mildly Autistic Pit
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Amethyst odious heaven mother
  04/24/24
I don't see any other interpretation
House-broken theater roommate
  04/24/24
cr. OP is retarded for poasting this
electric beta half-breed
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Bronze institution voyeur
  04/25/24
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Seedy Autistic Market
  04/24/24
With a 5 year vesting schedule
big peach piazza
  04/24/24
How much is their HR team freaking out right now? I'd thi...
Zippy meetinghouse regret
  04/24/24
the hr team? not at all the innumerate and/or illiterate sh...
carnelian point messiness
  04/24/24
I think its at best a scriveners error and at worse fraud. ...
Zippy meetinghouse regret
  04/24/24
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aromatic headpube church building
  04/24/24
Does a typical CBA have an integration clause and mutual dra...
House-broken theater roommate
  04/24/24
One weird trick.
Obsidian ape
  04/24/24
Why would you need a labor attorney? 99.9% of companies ...
Zippy meetinghouse regret
  04/24/24
What difference does it make what industry standard terms ar...
House-broken theater roommate
  04/24/24
it's not the indemnity section of a purchase agreement revie...
Cordovan space
  04/25/24
It's a CBA. It was negotiated by the union, not just impose...
House-broken theater roommate
  04/25/24
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Talking Lettuce
  04/24/24
How dumb are you, bro? The sentence only has one reasonable ...
Bronze institution voyeur
  04/25/24
lmao
carnelian point messiness
  04/24/24
i can't read this in a way that makes the company's version ...
180 rough-skinned partner windowlicker
  04/24/24
employee contribution - $79.30 the "first 6%" of ...
opaque jew
  04/24/24
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Shimmering cerebral kitchen
  04/24/24
See below. Your math renders the entire formula moot. ...
Zippy meetinghouse regret
  04/25/24
Yeah - if we're pretending to be a law board - there's no lo...
Zippy meetinghouse regret
  04/24/24
It's not at all ambiguous. It clearly means 3% of the amount...
House-broken theater roommate
  04/25/24
Then why did they not write 3% instead of saying 50% of 6%?
Zippy meetinghouse regret
  04/25/24
What difference does it make? Contractual language isn't re...
House-broken theater roommate
  04/25/24
Because your reading of it relies on the contract being draf...
Zippy meetinghouse regret
  04/25/24
and then one day, for no reason at all
free-loading church
  04/25/24
Lmao “And be grateful you get that much!”
adventurous brunch
  04/25/24
hilarious
Primrose histrionic toilet seat home
  04/25/24
“Enjoy!”
Awkward theater stage
  04/25/24
...
aromatic headpube church building
  04/25/24
lol
medicated twinkling dilemma
  04/25/24
, after a 15 percent gratuity deduction.
Bronze institution voyeur
  04/25/24
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Seedy Autistic Market
  04/25/24
"First" 6% is nonsensical; it's probably language ...
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Date: April 24th, 2024 9:04 PM
Author: Seedy Autistic Market

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GL7ixUpW8AANjEb?format=jpg&name=large

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521232&forum_id=2#47607905)



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Date: April 24th, 2024 9:05 PM
Author: beady-eyed rehab

Smart!

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521232&forum_id=2#47607907)



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Date: April 24th, 2024 9:07 PM
Author: mind-boggling mahogany pisswyrm



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521232&forum_id=2#47607908)



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Date: April 24th, 2024 9:09 PM
Author: Galvanic Nowag

lmao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521232&forum_id=2#47607911)



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Date: April 24th, 2024 9:10 PM
Author: Pearl Stage

lmao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521232&forum_id=2#47607912)



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Date: April 24th, 2024 9:10 PM
Author: Mildly Autistic Pit



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521232&forum_id=2#47607913)



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Date: April 24th, 2024 9:11 PM
Author: Amethyst odious heaven mother



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Date: April 24th, 2024 9:14 PM
Author: House-broken theater roommate

I don't see any other interpretation

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521232&forum_id=2#47607929)



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Date: April 24th, 2024 9:57 PM
Author: electric beta half-breed

cr. OP is retarded for poasting this

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521232&forum_id=2#47607970)



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Date: April 25th, 2024 4:36 PM
Author: Bronze institution voyeur



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521232&forum_id=2#47609654)



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Date: April 24th, 2024 9:15 PM
Author: Seedy Autistic Market



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521232&forum_id=2#47607934)



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Date: April 24th, 2024 10:02 PM
Author: big peach piazza

With a 5 year vesting schedule

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521232&forum_id=2#47607978)



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Date: April 24th, 2024 10:04 PM
Author: Zippy meetinghouse regret

How much is their HR team freaking out right now?

I'd think plausibly they facing a lawsuit where they probably owe 3% of everyone's wages for a few years?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521232&forum_id=2#47607988)



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Date: April 24th, 2024 10:07 PM
Author: carnelian point messiness

the hr team? not at all

the innumerate and/or illiterate shitlawyer and union reps who negotiated a “match” of 3% of the first 6% for their clients, otoh…

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521232&forum_id=2#47607997)



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Date: April 24th, 2024 10:10 PM
Author: Zippy meetinghouse regret

I think its at best a scriveners error and at worse fraud.

I really doubt a judge is going to go "Yeah it was totally chill for the company to mimic standard language but twist it to only pay people 1/20th what a reasonable worker would assume based on industry standards without fully disclosing the diffference."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521232&forum_id=2#47608002)



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Date: April 24th, 2024 10:19 PM
Author: aromatic headpube church building



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521232&forum_id=2#47608025)



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Date: April 24th, 2024 10:29 PM
Author: House-broken theater roommate

Does a typical CBA have an integration clause and mutual drafting clause? If so, why would a judge do anything but look at what it says?

Do we have a labor lawyer in the house?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521232&forum_id=2#47608060)



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Date: April 24th, 2024 10:33 PM
Author: Obsidian ape

One weird trick.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521232&forum_id=2#47608080)



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Date: April 24th, 2024 10:44 PM
Author: Zippy meetinghouse regret

Why would you need a labor attorney?

99.9% of companies offer something similar to a 50% match of an employees contributions up to 6% of their salary. They're clearly using an industry term and there was an error in drafting.

If this was truly their intent, and the company's attorney wasn't a full blown moron, then the next line has to say "By way of example, if an an employee makes $100,000 and contributes $6,000 to their 401k, employer will contribute $180.00 to the 401k.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521232&forum_id=2#47608108)



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Date: April 24th, 2024 11:09 PM
Author: House-broken theater roommate

What difference does it make what industry standard terms are? Parties aren't required to used industry standard terms. The language quoted by the Redditor is perfectly intelligible, and it doesn't provide for a match capped based on compensation.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521232&forum_id=2#47608170)



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Date: April 25th, 2024 12:20 AM
Author: Cordovan space

it's not the indemnity section of a purchase agreement reviewed separately by 30 different lawyers. it doesn't benefit society to have employees look out for gotcha language in 99% boilerplate 401k agreements that they sign during orientation

ski resort sneaks in "we have the right to fuck your wife at any time" in 6 font in the waiver

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521232&forum_id=2#47608252)



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Date: April 25th, 2024 12:34 AM
Author: House-broken theater roommate

It's a CBA. It was negotiated by the union, not just imposed on the employees

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521232&forum_id=2#47608268)



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Date: April 24th, 2024 10:30 PM
Author: Talking Lettuce



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521232&forum_id=2#47608066)



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Date: April 25th, 2024 4:37 PM
Author: Bronze institution voyeur

How dumb are you, bro? The sentence only has one reasonable meaning.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521232&forum_id=2#47609658)



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Date: April 24th, 2024 10:05 PM
Author: carnelian point messiness

lmao

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521232&forum_id=2#47607991)



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Date: April 24th, 2024 11:38 PM
Author: 180 rough-skinned partner windowlicker

i can't read this in a way that makes the company's version true.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521232&forum_id=2#47608200)



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Date: April 24th, 2024 11:53 PM
Author: opaque jew

employee contribution - $79.30

the "first 6%" of that contribution - $4.76

company matches 50% of that 6% - $2.38

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521232&forum_id=2#47608214)



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Date: April 24th, 2024 11:57 PM
Author: Shimmering cerebral kitchen



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Date: April 25th, 2024 12:00 AM
Author: Zippy meetinghouse regret

See below.

Your math renders the entire formula moot.

It'd be like if you wrote a contract saying, "Buyer will be able to achieve an earnout equal to 1/2 times 1/4 divided by 6 times 11 multiplied by the 2026 revenue."

Why would you write it so stupidly?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521232&forum_id=2#47608230)



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Date: April 24th, 2024 11:55 PM
Author: Zippy meetinghouse regret

Yeah - if we're pretending to be a law board - there's no logical reason to phrase it that they'll match 50% of the first 6% of your contributions - it's a pretty nonsensical structure. Why not just say they'll match the first 3% of the actual money you put into your account?

There's no logical reason to have the 50% of the 6% if they both refer to contributions...

It's clearly ambiguous and you look to what this phrasing means within the industry and its obvious that the intent is that they'll match 50% of your contributions up to 6% of your salary.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521232&forum_id=2#47608220)



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Date: April 25th, 2024 12:10 AM
Author: House-broken theater roommate

It's not at all ambiguous. It clearly means 3% of the amount contributed

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521232&forum_id=2#47608244)



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Date: April 25th, 2024 12:37 PM
Author: Zippy meetinghouse regret

Then why did they not write 3% instead of saying 50% of 6%?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521232&forum_id=2#47608842)



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Date: April 25th, 2024 12:40 PM
Author: House-broken theater roommate

What difference does it make? Contractual language isn't rendered ambiguous simply on account of there being a clearer and more succinct way to express the same meaning.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521232&forum_id=2#47608846)



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Date: April 25th, 2024 8:54 PM
Author: Zippy meetinghouse regret

Because your reading of it relies on the contract being drafted with multiple fraction as a math equation, which probably 0.00001% of all contracts in history have been drafted with such stupidity, and my interpretation aligns it with probably 30-60% of all similar 401k match programs.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521232&forum_id=2#47610189)



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Date: April 25th, 2024 12:50 PM
Author: free-loading church
Subject: and then one day, for no reason at all

because good kikesmanship requires plausibly deniable deceit

normies will read that as 3% of your compensation (or 50% of your contribution), not 3% "on the first 6% of [your] contributions.", i.e., 3% of 0.06*paycheck. In other words, it's tricky wording to masquerade the order of operations. Half of 6% applied to your (((contribution))), rather than half of 6% applied to your compensation.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521232&forum_id=2#47608871)



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Date: April 25th, 2024 12:45 PM
Author: adventurous brunch

Lmao

“And be grateful you get that much!”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521232&forum_id=2#47608856)



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Date: April 25th, 2024 1:48 PM
Author: Primrose histrionic toilet seat home

hilarious

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521232&forum_id=2#47608959)



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Date: April 25th, 2024 2:04 PM
Author: Awkward theater stage

“Enjoy!”

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521232&forum_id=2#47609039)



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Date: April 25th, 2024 2:13 PM
Author: aromatic headpube church building



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Date: April 25th, 2024 2:07 PM
Author: medicated twinkling dilemma

lol

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521232&forum_id=2#47609055)



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Date: April 25th, 2024 4:39 PM
Author: Bronze institution voyeur

, after a 15 percent gratuity deduction.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521232&forum_id=2#47609665)



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Date: April 25th, 2024 7:44 PM
Author: Seedy Autistic Market



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Date: April 25th, 2024 8:16 PM
Author: dull nudist native background story

"First" 6% is nonsensical; it's probably language that was redrafted multiple times and they fucked up

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5521232&forum_id=2#47610118)