35. The presumption provided in section 34 may be rebutted if it is established that, irrespective of when the agreement, if any, was made and the terms thereof, the payment was not made for services rendered or to be rendered, to prompt an individual to accept an office or employment or in consideration for a covenant with reference to what the employee is, or is not, to do before the employee becomes or after the employee ceases to be an employee.
1972, c. 23, s. 29; 1998, c. 16, s. 32.