Non-Interference with Employees Through employment and thereafter through the Restricted Period, Employee will not, either directly or indirectly, alone or in conjunction with any other person or Entity: actively recruit, solicit, attempt to solicit, induce or attempt to induce any person who is an exempt employee of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates (or has been within the last 6 months) to leave or cease such employment for any reason whatsoever;
Compliance with Employment Laws The Company and each Subsidiary is in material compliance with all applicable foreign, federal, state and local Legal Requirements respecting employment, employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, worker classification, tax withholding, social security contributions withholding, prohibited discrimination, working time, employee representation, equal employment, fair employment practices, meal and rest periods, immigration status, employee safety and health, wages (including overtime wages) compensation, and hours of work. There are no material Actions pending or threatened against the Company, any Subsidiary, or any of their Employees relating to any Employee, Employee Agreement or Company Employee Plan. There are no material pending or threatened Actions against Company, any Subsidiary, any Company trustee or any trustee of any Subsidiary under any worker’s compensation policy or long-term disability policy. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is party to a conciliation agreement, consent decree or other agreement or order with any Governmental Entity with respect to employment practices. Except as set forth in Section 2.16 of the Disclosure Schedule, the services provided by each of the Company’s, each Subsidiary’s and their ERISA Affiliates’ Employees are terminable at the will of the Company and its ERISA Affiliates and any such termination would result in no liability to the Company or any ERISA Affiliate (other than ordinary administration expenses or with respect to benefits, other than bonuses, commissions or amounts under other compensation plans, that were previously earned, vested or accrued under Company Employee Plan prior to the Effective Time. Section 2.16(a) of the Disclosure Schedule lists all liabilities of the Company to any Employee that would result from the termination by the Company, Parent or any Subsidiary of such Employee’s employment or provision of services, other than those disclosed in Section 2.15(j). Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has any material direct or indirect liability with respect to any misclassification of any person as an independent contractor, intern, and/or temporary worker rather than as an employee, with respect to any employee leased from another employer or with respect to any employee currently or formerly classified as exempt from overtime wages.
Compliance with Employee Benefit Plans (a) The Company and each ERISA Affiliate have operated and administered each Plan in compliance with all applicable laws except for such instances of noncompliance as have not resulted in and could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or the penalty or excise tax provisions of the Code relating to employee benefit plans (as defined in section 3 of ERISA), and no event, transaction or condition has occurred or exists that could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in the incurrence of any such liability by the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, or in the imposition of any Lien on any of the rights, properties or assets of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate, in either case pursuant to Title I or IV of ERISA or to section 430(k) of the Code or to any such penalty or excise tax provisions under the Code or federal law or section 4068 of ERISA or by the granting of a security interest in connection with the amendment of a Plan, other than such liabilities or Liens as would not be individually or in the aggregate Material.
Nonsolicitation of Company’s Employees Executive agrees that during the term of this Agreement and for a period of one (1) year after the termination of this Agreement, Executive will not, either directly or indirectly, separately or in association with others, interfere with, impair, disrupt or damage Company’s business by soliciting, encouraging or attempting to hire any of Company’s employees or causing others to solicit or encourage any of Company’s employees to discontinue their employment with Company.
Interference with Relationships Other than in the performance ------------------------------- of his duties hereunder, during the Restrictive Period, Employee shall not, directly or indirectly, as employee, agent, consultant, stockholder, director, partner or in any other individual or representative capacity, solicit or intentionally encourage any present or future customer, supplier or other third party to terminate or otherwise alter his, her or its relationship with the Company.
Non-Competition After Termination In further consideration of the Company providing Executive with its confidential information, trade secrets, goodwill, and proprietary business information, Executive agrees that he shall not, at any time during the period of one (1) year after the termination of the later of the Basic Term and any extension of the Basic Term under this Agreement, for any reason, within any market or country in which the Company has operated assets or provided services, or formulated a plan to operate its assets or provide services during the last twelve (12) months of Executive’s employ, engage in or contribute Executive’s knowledge to any work which is competitive with or similar to a product, process, apparatus, services, or development on which Executive worked or with respect to which Executive had access to while employed by the Company; provided, however, that the one (1) year period set forth in this Section 5.4 shall be a two (2) year period in the case of an Executive whose employment is terminated due to Retirement.
Recognition of Company’s Rights; Nondisclosure At all times during my employment and thereafter, I will hold in strictest confidence and will not disclose, use, lecture upon or publish any of the Company's Proprietary Information (defined below), except as such disclosure, use or publication may be required in connection with my work for the Company, or unless an officer of the Company expressly authorizes such in writing. I will obtain Company's written approval before publishing or submitting for publication any material (written, verbal, or otherwise) that relates to my work at Company and/or incorporates any Proprietary Information. I hereby assign to the Company any rights I may have or acquire in such Proprietary Information and recognize that all Proprietary Information shall be the sole property of the Company and its assigns.
Not an Employment Agreement This Agreement is not an employment agreement, and no provision of this Agreement shall be construed or interpreted to create an employment relationship between you and the Company or any Affiliate or guarantee the right to remain employed by the Company or any Affiliate for any specified term.
OBLIGATIONS AFTER TERMINATION Executive shall have no further obligations or liabilities hereunder after an Incapacity Termination Date except Executive’s obligations under Sections 7 and 8, which shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement. After an Incapacity Termination Date, Employer shall have no further obligations or liabilities hereunder except that Employer shall, not later than two (2) weeks after an Incapacity Termination Date, pay to Executive those amounts described in Section 9.2(ii); provided, however, that in the event an Incapacity Termination Date occurs at least six (6) months after the commencement of a Contract Year during the Term, Employer shall pay to Executive a pro-rated portion of the Annual Bonus for the Contract Year during which the Incapacity Termination Date occurs, such amount to be determined in the sole discretion of Employer. Additionally, Employer shall comply with the provisions of COBRA and the provisions of any Employer benefit plans in which Executive or Executive’s eligible dependents or beneficiaries are participating at the time of termination. Nothing in this Section 11 shall affect the amount of any benefits which may be payable to Executive under any insurance plan or policy maintained by Employer or Executive or pursuant to any Employer company practice, plan or program applicable to other executive-level employees of the Emmis Group.
Nonsolicitation of Protected Employees Executive understands and agrees that the relationship between the Company and each of its Protected Employees constitutes a valuable asset of the Company and may not be converted to Executive’s own use. Accordingly, Executive hereby agrees that during the Restricted Period, Executive shall not directly or indirectly on Executive’s own behalf or as a Principal or Representative of any Person or otherwise solicit or induce any Protected Employee to terminate his employment relationship with the Company or to enter into employment with any other Person.
