Usually the contract signed would cover this, and most of the time the answer would be YES, you are expected to pay the moving allowance back.  However, that is usually prorated, so you'd only have to pay back the 1 month worth.  Check the contract you signed for specifics.\n\nThat said, if a company fires you they probably won't bother collecting the moving allowance.  If there's something wrong with an employee, many companies prefer to cut their losses and get rid of the employee as cleanly as possible.  Tying up additional resources to recoup a small amount of money (comparatively) is usually not worth their while.  But you can't count on this.  Assume the company will do whatever the contract says they will do.