Common use of INTERFERENCE WITH EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS Clause in Contracts

INTERFERENCE WITH EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS. During the term of this Agreement, neither we nor you may employ or seek to employ, directly or indirectly, any person who is at the time or was at any time during the prior 6 months employed in any type of managerial position by the other party or any of its affiliates, or by any franchisee in the system. In the event that you violate this provision, we will have the right to terminate this Agreement without opportunity to cure pursuant to subparagraph 13.B.2. In addition, any party who violates this provision agrees to pay as fair and reasonable liquidated damages (but not as a penalty) an amount equal to 2 times the annual compensation that the person being hired away was receiving at the time the violating party offers her/him employment. You agree that this amount is for the damages that the non-violating party will suffer for the loss of the person hired away by the other party, including the costs of finding, hiring and training a new employee and for the loss of the services and experience of the employee hired away, and that it would be difficult to calculate with certainty the amount of damage that the non-violating party will incur. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a court determines that this liquidated damages payment is unenforceable, then the non-violating party may pursue all other available remedies, including consequential damages. This subparagraph will not be violated if (i) at the time we or you employ or seek to employ the person, the former employer has given its written consent or (ii) we employ or seek to employ the person in connection with the transfer of the Restaurant to us or any of our affiliates. The parties acknowledge and agree that any franchisee from whom an employee was hired by you in violation of this subparagraph shall be a third-party beneficiary of this provision, but only to the extent they may seek compensation from you.