Absence of Labor Dispute No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or any subsidiary’s principal suppliers, manufacturers, customers or contractors, which, in either case, would result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Absence of Labor Disputes No labor dispute with the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is imminent, which would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
No Labor Dispute No labor disturbance by or dispute with the employees of any of the Partnership Entities exists or, to the knowledge of the Partnership Parties, is imminent or threatened that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
No Labor Disputes No labor disturbance by or dispute with employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the knowledge of the Company, is contemplated or threatened, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by, or dispute with, the employees of any of its or its subsidiaries’ principal suppliers, contractors or customers, except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
Employees, Labor Matters, etc Except as set forth in the Financial Statements, neither the Company nor any of the Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by, and none of their employees is subject to, any collective bargaining agreement, and there are no labor unions or other organizations representing, purporting to represent or attempting to represent any employees employed by the Company or any of the Subsidiaries. There has not occurred or been threatened any material strike, slow down, picketing, work stoppage, concerted refusal to work overtime or other similar labor activity with respect to any employees of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries. There are no labor disputes currently subject to any grievance procedure, arbitration or litigation and there is no representation petition pending or threatened with respect to any employee of the Company or any of the Subsidiaries. The Company and the Subsidiaries have complied with all applicable Laws pertaining to the employment or termination of employment of their respective employees, including, without limitation, all such Laws relating to labor relations, equal employment opportunities, fair employment practices, prohibited discrimination or distinction and other similar employment activities; except for any failure to comply that, individually and in the aggregate, is not reasonably likely to result in any Company Material Adverse Effect.
Employee Benefit Plans; Labor Matters (a) Section 2.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedule lists as of the date hereof all employee benefit plans (as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA")), and all bonus, stock option, stock purchase, incentive, deferred compensation, supplemental retirement, health, life, or disability insurance, dependent care, severance and other similar fringe or employee benefit plans, programs or arrangements and any current or former employment or executive compensation or severance agreements written or otherwise maintained or contributed to for the benefit of or relating to any employee or former employee of the Company, any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is a member of a controlled group including the Company or that is under common control with the Company within the meaning of Section 414 of the Code (an "ERISA Affiliate "), as well as"), excluding ") for each each plan with Employee Plans disclosed respect to which under which the Employee Plan the Company or Company has no where such report an ERISA remaining is required and Affiliate could obligations and (ii) the incur liability any of the documents and under Section foregoing that are instruments 4069 (if such required to be governing each plan has been or maintained by the such Employee were terminated) Company under the Plan (other than or Section laws of any those referred to 4212(c) of ERISA foreign in Section (together the jurisdiction. The 4(b)(4) of "Employee Plans Company has made ERISA). No event available to has occurred and, Parent a copy of to the knowledge (i) the most of the Company, recent annual there currently report on Form exists no 5500 filed with condition or set the Internal of circumstances Revenue Service in connection (the "IRS with which the Company or any of its subsidiaries could be subject to any liability under the terms of any Employee Plans, ERISA, the Code or any other applicable law, including any liability under Title IV of ERISA, that would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.
Employees; Labor Matters Schedule 4.12 sets forth a true and complete list of each executive and manager of the Company and its Subsidiaries with the job title, location of service, date of commencement of service, 2007 base compensation and target bonus, and anticipated 2008 base compensation and target bonus for each such executive and manager. To the Company’s Knowledge, no such executive or manager has any present intention to terminate his or her employment with the Company or its Subsidiaries, as applicable. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any collective bargaining agreement and there are no labor unions, works councils or other organizations representing, purporting to represent or attempting to represent any employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. No strike, slowdown, picketing, work stoppage, concerted refusal to work overtime or other similar labor activity has occurred, been threatened or, to the Company’s Knowledge, is anticipated with respect to any employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. There are no labor disputes currently subject to any grievance procedure, arbitration or litigation and there is no representation petition pending, threatened or, to the Company’s Knowledge, anticipated with respect to any employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have engaged in any unfair labor practices within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects with all Applicable Laws relating to employment and employment practices, workers’ compensation, terms and conditions of employment, worker safety, wages and hours, civil rights, discrimination, immigration, collective bargaining, and the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, 29 U.S.C. § 2109 et seq. or the regulations promulgated thereunder. There have been no claims of harassment, discrimination, retaliatory act or similar actions against any employee, officer or director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries at any time during the past four years and, to the Company’s Knowledge, no facts exist that could reasonably be expected to give rise to such claims or actions. To the Company’s Knowledge, no employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are in any material respect in violation of any term of any employment contract, non-disclosure agreement, non-competition agreement, or any restrictive covenant to a former employer relating to the right of any such employee to be employed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries because of the nature of the business conducted or presently proposed to be conducted by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or to the use of trade secrets or proprietary information of others.
Employment and Labor Matters Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is, or since December 31, 2011 has been, a party to any collective bargaining agreement, labor union contract, or trade union agreement (each a “Collective Bargaining Agreement”). No employee is represented by a labor organization for purposes of collective bargaining with respect to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. To the knowledge of the Company, as of the date hereof, there are no activities or proceedings of any labor or trade union to organize any employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. No Collective Bargaining Agreement is being negotiated by the Company or, to the Company’s knowledge, any of its Subsidiaries. As of the date hereof, there is no strike, lockout, slowdown, or work stoppage against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened, that may interfere in any material respect with the respective business activities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. To the knowledge of the Company, as of the date hereof, there is no pending charge or complaint against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by the National Labor Relations Board or any comparable Governmental Entity, and none of the Company and its Subsidiaries are a party, or otherwise bound by, any consent decree with, or citation by, any Governmental Entity relating to employees or employment practices. The Company has complied with all laws regarding employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours (including, without limitation, classification of employees) and other laws in respect of any reduction in force, including without limitation, notice, information and consultation requirements, except as has not had and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect. There are no outstanding assessments, penalties, fines, Liens, charges, surcharges, or other amounts due or owing by the Company pursuant to any workplace safety and insurance/workers’ compensation Laws, except as has not had and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect; the Company has not been reassessed in any respect under such Laws during the past three years, except as has not had and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect; to the knowledge of the Company, there are no claims that may affect the accident cost experience of the Company, except as has not had and would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Company Material Adverse Effect.
Employee Benefits and Labor Matters (a) Section 3.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter lists each material Company Plan. The Company has made available to Parent correct and complete copies of (i) each Company Plan and any amendments thereto (or if the Company Plan is not a written Company Plan, a description of the Company Plan), (ii) the most recent annual reports on Form 5500 required to be filed with the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) with respect to each Company Plan (if any such report was required), (iii) the most recent summary plan description for each Company Plan for which such summary plan description is required, (iv) any related trust, agreement, insurance contract or other funding vehicle, (v) the two most recent annual financial reports, if any, (vi) any reports or summaries required under ERISA or the Code and (vii) the most recent determination letter received from the IRS with respect to each Company Plan intended to qualify under Section 401 of the Code. Each Company Plan that is a Company Stock Plan is marked with an asterisk (*) in Section 3.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter. Each Company Plan maintained, contributed to or required to be contributed to by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has been administered in accordance with its terms in all material respects. The Company, its Subsidiaries and all the Company Plans are all in material compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and all other applicable Laws. Each Company Plan that is intended to be Tax qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, there are no existing circumstances or any events that could reasonably be expected to adversely affect the qualified status of any such plan. There has been no amendment to, announcement by the Company or any Subsidiary relating to, or change in employee participation or coverage under, any Company Plan that would increase materially the expense of maintaining such plan above the level of the expense incurred therefor for the most recent fiscal year, except as required by applicable Law or as provided in Section 3.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries maintains or, within the past six (6) years, has contributed or has been obligated to contribute to an “employee benefit plan” subject to Title IV of ERISA, a multiemployer plan, as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA, or an “employee benefit plan” subject to Sections 4063 or 4064 of ERISA.
Employee and Labor Matters; Benefit Plans (a) Section 3.17(a) of the Parent Disclosure Schedule is a list of all material Parent Benefit Plans, including, without limitation, each Parent Benefit Plan that provides for retirement, change in control, stay or retention deferred compensation, incentive compensation, severance or retiree medical or life insurance benefits. “
