As per my company's Employee Handbook, if anyone takes 3 months maternity leave. She has to mandatorily serve a 6 month period with the company after completion of maternity leave. In my case I applied for 6 month maternity leave & HR reverted me saying then you have to serve a minimum period of 1 year with us after leave completion. If you leave early or didn't join back, you will have to pay us 3 month salary(company given as maternity benefit)+1 month notice period salary. This mail I got after my baby was born. As I was not in a position to check with other I just replied with 'yes I agree with the terms & conditions'. I rejoined back after 6 month. But it takes 3-4 hrs to go & come back from office + 9.5 working hrs.So I remain away from my baby for 12- 13 hrs. So, I want to leave this job & work at some nearby place. So,do I need to repay the whole amount to my company?