Common use of Assignment of Employees Clause in Contracts

Assignment of Employees. As of the date immediately prior to the Distribution Date, the employment of the Transferred Employees by the NiSource Parties shall have terminated and been assigned and transferred to a Columbia Party. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, nothing in this Agreement shall create any obligation on the part of any Columbia Party to continue the employment of any employee for any definite period following the Distribution Date or to change the employment status of any employee from “at will.”