Retained Rights The Contributor or, if applicable, the Contributor’s Employer, retains all proprietary rights in addition to copyright, such as patent rights in any process, procedure or article of manufacture described in the Contribution.
Accrued Rights Termination or expiration of this Agreement for any reason shall be without prejudice to any rights that shall have accrued to the benefit of a Party prior to such termination or expiration. Such termination or expiration shall not relieve a Party from obligations that are expressly indicated to survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement.
Vested Rights During the Term of this Agreement, Owner shall have the vested right and entitlement to develop and operate the Project in accordance with the Existing Land Use Ordinances, in addition to any Cannabis Manufacturing Operating Standards adopted by the City Council, which may be amended at the City’s discretion. Parties acknowledge that neither the City nor the Owner can at this time predict when or the rate at which or the order in which parts of the Project will be developed. Owner shall have the vested right to develop the Project in such order and at such rate and at such times as Owner deems appropriate in the exercise of its business judgment, provided that Owner is in compliance with the Project Approvals.
No Special Employment Rights Nothing contained in the Plan or this Agreement shall be construed or deemed by any person under any circumstances to obligate the Company to continue the employment of the Employee for any period.
Protected Rights The Company and the undersigned agree that nothing in this Separation Agreement and Release is intended to or shall be construed to affect, limit or otherwise interfere with any non-waivable right of the undersigned under any Federal, state or local law, including the right to file a charge or participate in an investigation or proceeding conducted by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”) or to exercise any other right that cannot be waived under applicable law. The undersigned is releasing, however, his/her right to any monetary recovery or relief should the EEOC or any other agency pursue Claims on his/her behalf. Further, should the EEOC or any other agency obtain monetary relief on his/her behalf, the undersigned assigns to the Company all rights to such relief.
Annual Bonus Opportunity Your annual target bonus opportunity following the Effective Date will be 50% of your annual base salary (the “Target Bonus”). The Target Bonus shall be subject to review and may be adjusted based upon the Company’s normal performance review practices. Your actual bonuses shall be based upon achievement of performance objectives to be determined by the Board in its sole and absolute discretion. Bonuses will be paid as soon as practicable after the Board determines that such bonuses have been earned, but in no event will a bonus be paid to you after the later of (i) the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) month following the close of the Company’s fiscal year in which such bonus is earned or (ii) March 15 following the calendar year in which such bonus is earned.
Salary Benefits and Bonus Compensation 3.1 BASE SALARY. Effective July 1, 2000, as payment for the services to be rendered by the Employee as provided in Section 1 and subject to the terms and conditions of Section 2, the Employer agrees to pay to the Employee a "Base Salary" at the rate of $180,000 per annum, payable in equal bi-weekly installments. The Base Salary for each calendar year (or proration thereof) beginning January 1, 2001 shall be determined by the Board of Directors of Avocent Corporation upon a recommendation of the Compensation Committee of Avocent Corporation (the "Compensation Committee"), which shall authorize an increase in the Employee's Base Salary in an amount which, at a minimum, shall be equal to the cumulative cost-of-living increment on the Base Salary as reported in the "Consumer Price Index, Huntsville, Alabama, All Items," published by the U.S. Department of Labor (using July 1, 2000, as the base date for computation prorated for any partial year). The Employee's Base Salary shall be reviewed annually by the Board of Directors and the Compensation Committee of Avocent Corporation.
EMPLOYER RIGHTS The union recognizes the Employer’s right to operate and manage its business and facilities. Except where limited by a specific provision of this Agreement, all rights are subject to the Employer’s exclusive control. These rights include but are not limited to the following: to determine the number of employees to be employed in each operation, shift, or department; to establish, change, modify, interpret or abolish the Employer’s policies and procedures; to increase or diminish, change, improve or discontinue operations, programs and jobs, in whole or in part; to increase or diminish, change, improve or discontinue personnel, in whole or in part; to hire, promote, and transfer employees; to suspend, discharge, demote and discipline employees for just cause; to determine the duties of and to direct employees in their duties, including direction as to the location of the work to be performed; to lay off employees; to authorize work to be performed by any outside person or entity as selected by the Employer, including the subcontracting of work; to evaluate the performance and competency of employees in their assigned work; to increase or change the content, substance or methodology of any work assignment; to determine materials and equipment to be used; to reward and pay employees; and to determine working schedules, including allocation of and requirement of overtime. The parties recognize that the above list is for illustrative purposes and does not exclude those rights and responsibilities not mentioned above. The Employer’s failure to exercise any right, prerogative or function hereby reserved to it, or the Employer’s exercise of any such right, prerogative or function in a particular way, shall not be considered a waiver of the Employer’s right to exercise such right, prerogative or function or preclude it from exercising the same in some other way not in conflict with the expressed provisions of this Agreement.
Accrued 100% sick leave The use of sick leave under this subsection is at the employee's discretion.
Employer Contribution (a) An Employer contribution for health and dental benefits will only be made for each active employee who has at least eighty (80) paid regular hours in a month and who is eligible for medical insurance coverage, unless otherwise required by law.
(b) It is understood that the administrative intent of this Article is that the Employer contribution is made for individuals who are participants in the medical insurance coverages. Participation will mean that eligible less-than-full-time employees who drop out of coverage will be considered to participate. Additionally, employees who elect to opt out of coverage for a cash incentive will be considered to participate.
