Pretty simple, they have a contract in place for a certain rate of pay for a certain amount of time. If they want out of the contract, they owe a certain amount. How is that hard to follow?
Not hard to follow...doesn't make it any less stupid. -Hey Johny, cut my grass for the year for $1000. Johny cuts grass for two weeks and burns it to the ground...Sorry Johny I owe you almost $1000 to go away. That's fn STUPID!