Employment and disputes. 12.1 There has been no past and there is no existing or pending industrial or labour dispute with the employees of any member of the Group which is of a material nature exists or is imminent.
12.2 To the best of knowledge, information and belief of the Vendor and the Guarantors, there is no existing or imminent material labour disturbance by the employees of any of the principal suppliers, manufacturers or contractors of any member of the Group which might be expected to result in any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of any member of the Group.
12.3 No member of the Group has established or incurred an obligation to establish or given any undertaking in respect of any retirement, death or disability scheme or arrangement relating to any present or past employee or director of any member of the Group or any other person under which any obligation or liability has arisen or might reasonably be expected to arise which is material.
12.4 The Group has neither given notice of any redundancies or layoffs nor started consultations with any independent trade union or employees’ representatives regarding redundancies, lay offs or dismissals within the period of one year prior to the date hereof. No circumstances have arisen under which the Group is likely to be required to pay damages for wrongful dismissal, to make any statutory severance, redundancy or long service payment or to make or pay any compensation for unreasonable dismissal or to make any other payment under any employment protection legislation or to reinstate or re-engage any former employee. No circumstances have arisen under which the Group is likely to be required to pay damages or compensation, or suffer any penalty or be required to take corrective action or be subject to any form of discipline under any laws conferring protection against discrimination, harassment, victimisation or vilification by reason of age, gender, family circumstances, race, religion or disability. So far as the Group is aware, there are no current, pending or threatened claims of any type against it by any existing or former employees.
12.5 There are no existing service or other agreements or contracts between the Group and any of its directors or executives or employees which cannot be lawfully terminated by six calendar months’ notice or less without giving rise to any claim for damages or compensation other than a statutory redun...
Employment and disputes. 13.1 Subject to and as qualified by the matters disclosed in the Prospectus, no member of the Group has any material obligation to provide housing, provident fund, social insurance, social security severance, pension, retirement, death or disability benefits or other actual or contingent employee benefits to any of its present or past employees or to any other person.
13.2 Where the Group participates in, or has participated in, or is liable to contribute to any such schemes relating to provision of housing provident fund, social insurance, social security severance, pension, retirement, death or disability benefits or other actual or contingent employee benefits to any of its present or past employees or to any other person, the Group does not have any outstanding payment obligations or unsatisfied liabilities under the rules of such schemes or the applicable laws except as disclosed in the Prospectus; where there are such outstanding payment obligations or unsatisfied liabilities (the details of which have been disclosed in the Prospectus), the Group has set aside sufficient funds to satisfy the same; there are no material amounts owing or promised to any present or former directors, employees or consultants of the Group other than remuneration accrued, due or for reimbursement of business expenses; no directors or senior management or key employees of the Group have given or been given notice terminating their contracts of employment; there are no proposals to terminate the employment or consultancy of any directors, key employees or consultants of the Group or to vary or amend their terms of employment or consultancy (whether to their detriment or benefit); the Group does not have any outstanding material undischarged liability to pay to any authority in any applicable jurisdiction any Taxation, contribution or other impost arising in connection with the employment or engagement of directors, key employees or consultants by them; and no liability has been incurred by the Group for breach of any director’s, employee’s or consultant’s contract of service, contract for services or consultancy agreement, redundancy payments, compensation for wrongful, constructive, unreasonable or unfair dismissal, failure to comply with any order for the reinstatement or re-engagement of any director, employee or consultant, or the actual or proposed termination or suspension of employment or consultancy, or variation of any terms of employment or consultancy of any prese...
Employment and disputes. 19.1 Each member of the Group has complied in all material respects with all employment, labour and similar laws which are applicable to it and its businesses and employees.
19.2 No material labour disputes with the employees of any member of the Group exists or, to the knowledge of the Warrantors, is imminent.
19.3 The Warrantors are not aware of any existing or imminent labour disturbance by the employees of any of the principal suppliers or contractors of any member of the Group which might be expected to result in any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or in the earnings, business affairs or business prospects of any member of the Group.
19.4 No member of the Group has established or incurred any obligation to establish or given any undertakings in respect of any retirement, death or disability scheme or arrangement relating, to any present or past employee or director or any other person under which any obligation or liabilities have arisen or might reasonably be expected to arise which are material. Save as disclosed in the Prospectus and the PRC legal opinion issued by the Company’s PRC Legal Adviser, all the benefits which any member of the Group is required by the applicable laws to provide have been and are provided in accordance with the applicable laws.
19.5 No member of the Group which is a party to a joint venture (if any) or shareholders agreement (if any) is in dispute with the other parties to such joint venture or shareholders agreement and there are no circumstances known to the Warrantors which may give rise to any dispute or affect the relationship with such other parties which might be expected to have a material adverse effect on such joint venture or company or its business or finances.
19.6 All contracts of services in relation to the employment of the Group’s employees are on usual and normal terms which do not and shall not in any way whatsoever impose any unusual or onerous obligation on the relevant member of the Group and the subsisting contracts of service to which any member of the Group is a party are legal, valid and enforceable (except for provisions in restraint of trade which may be subject to unfavourable judicial interpretation) and are determinable at any time on reasonable notice without compensation (except statutory compensation) and there are no material claims pending or threatened or capable of arising against the relevant member of the Group, by any employee or third party, in re...
