Employee Benefits; Labor Matters. (a) For the period beginning at the Effective Time and ending on December 31 of the calendar year in which the Effective Time occurs, Parent shall, or shall cause the Surviving Entity or its Subsidiaries to, offer employee compensation and benefit plans to Continuing Employees (as defined below) that are no less favorable in the aggregate than those offered under the Company Compensation and Benefit Plans as of the date of this Agreement. Parent shall, or shall cause the Surviving Entity or its Subsidiaries to, take such actions as are necessary to grant those employees who are, as of the Effective Time, employed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and are not included in a unit of employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement (“Continuing Employees”) credit for Past Service (as defined below) for purposes of initial eligibility to participate, vesting and benefit accrual under, any employee benefit plans maintained by Parent, the Surviving Entity or any Subsidiary of Parent or the Surviving Entity in which they are eligible to participate. “
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Samples: Agreement and Plan of Merger (Usf Corp), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Yellow Roadway Corp), Agreement and Plan of Merger (Yellow Roadway Corp)
