An example retention bonus agreement to retain an employee during a merger or acquisition. A sample bonus policy to encourage key employees to remain employed for a period of time.Grade Retention-Placement of a General Schedule (GS) non-special rate employee in a lower-graded GS non-special rate position (no geographic conversion). A transition bonus agreement is a contract between an employer and departing employee that incentivizes the employee to stay with the company for a period. An employee retention agreement is a contract between an employer and an employer for the purposes of enticing the employee to continue working for the company. Each role has three bands of incentive comp, based on where the individual is on the pay scale. Learn what an employee recognition letter is and how to create one using the provided template and example. • Data in the template were complete. For Job Candidates. Sample. Text Copied to Clipboard. Copy.