Common use of Labor and Employment Relations Clause in Contracts

Labor and Employment Relations. To the Knowledge of the Company, no officer, executive or group of five (5) or more employees of the Company has or have any plans to terminate his, her or their employment with the Company. The Company is not a party to or bound by any collective bargaining agreement with any labor organization, group or association covering any of its employees, and to the Knowledge of the Company, there are no attempts to organize any of the Company's employees by any person, unit or group seeking to act as their bargaining agent. The Company has complied with all applicable laws relating to the employment of labor, including provisions thereof relating to wages, hours, equal opportunity, collective bargaining, discrimination against race, color, national origin, religious creed, physical or mental disability, sex, age, ancestry, medical condition, marital status or sexual orientation, and the withholding and payment of social security and other Taxes. There are no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened charges (by employees, their representatives or governmental authorities) of unfair labor practices or of employment discrimination or of any other wrongful action with respect to any aspect of employment of any Person employed or formerly employed by the Company. To the Knowledge of the Company, no union representation elections relating to the Company's employees have been scheduled by any Governmental or Regulatory Authority, no organizational effort is being made with respect to any of such employees, and no investigation of the Company's employment policies or practices by any Governmental or Regulatory Authority is pending or threatened. The Company is not currently, and in the past has not been, involved in labor negotiations with any unit or group seeking to become the bargaining unit for any employees of the Company. The Company has never experienced any work stoppage and, to the Knowledge of the Company, no work stoppage has been threatened or is planned.

Labor and Employment Relations. To the Knowledge of the Company, no officer, executive or group of five (5) or more employees of the Company has or have any plans to terminate his, her or their employment with the Company. The Company is not a party to or ------------------------------ bound by any collective bargaining agreement with any labor organization, group or association covering any of its employees, employees and to the Knowledge of the Stockholder and the Company, there are no attempts to organize any of the Company's employees by any person, unit or group seeking to act as their bargaining agent. The Company has complied with all applicable laws relating to the employment of labor, including provisions thereof relating to wages, hours, equal opportunity, collective bargaining, discrimination against race, color, national origin, religious creed, physical or mental disability, sex, age, ancestry, medical condition, marital status or sexual orientation, and the withholding and payment of social security and other Taxestaxes. There are no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Stockholder and the Company, threatened charges (by employees, their representatives or governmental authorities) of unfair labor practices or of employment discrimination or of any other wrongful action with respect to any aspect of employment of any Person person employed or formerly employed by the Company. To the Knowledge of the Company, no No union representation elections relating to the Company's employees have been scheduled by any Governmental or Regulatory Authority, and to the Knowledge of the Stockholder and the Company, no organizational effort is being made with respect to any of such employees, employees and there is no investigation of the Company's employment policies or practices by any Governmental or Regulatory Authority is pending or to the Knowledge of the Stockholder and the Company, threatened. The Company is not currently, and in the past has not been, involved in labor negotiations with any unit or group seeking to become the bargaining unit for any employees of the Company. The Company has never experienced any work stoppage stoppages and, to the Knowledge of the Stockholder and the Company, no work stoppage has been threatened or is planned.

Labor and Employment Relations. To the Knowledge of the Company, no No officer, executive executive, Key ------------------------------ Employee or group of five ten (510) or more employees of the Company has or have any plans to terminate his, her or their employment with the Company. The Company is not a party to or bound by any collective bargaining agreement with any labor organization, group or association covering any of its employees, employees and to the Knowledge of the Company, there are no attempts to organize any of the Company's employees by any person, unit or group seeking to act as their bargaining agent. The Company has complied with all applicable laws relating to the employment of labor, including provisions thereof relating to wages, hours, equal opportunity, collective bargaining, discrimination against race, color, national origin, religious creed, physical or mental disability, sex, age, ancestry, medical condition, marital status or sexual orientation, and the withholding and payment of social security and other Taxestaxes. There are no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Stockholder and the Company, threatened charges (by employees, their representatives or governmental authorities) of unfair labor practices or of employment discrimination or of any other wrongful action with respect to any aspect of employment of any Person person employed or formerly employed by the Company. To the Knowledge of the Company, no No union representation elections relating to the Company's employees have been scheduled by any Governmental or Regulatory Authority, no organizational effort is being made with respect to any of such employees, employees and there is no investigation of the Company's employment policies or practices by any Governmental or Regulatory Authority is pending or threatened. The Company is not currently, and in the past has not been, involved in labor negotiations with any unit or group seeking to become the bargaining unit for any employees of the Company. The Company has never experienced any work stoppage stoppages and, to the Knowledge of the Stockholder and the Company, no work stoppage has been threatened or is planned.

Labor and Employment Relations. To the Knowledge of the CompanyStockholders, no officer, executive or group of five ten (510) or more employees of the Company has or have any plans to terminate his, her or their employment with the Company. The Company is not a party to or bound by any collective bargaining agreement with any labor organization, group or association covering any of its employees. To Stockholder's knowledge, and to the Knowledge of the Company, there are no attempts to organize any of the Company's employees by any person, unit or group seeking to act as their bargaining agent. The Company has in all material respects complied with all applicable laws German Employment Laws relating to the employment of labor, including provisions thereof relating to wages, hours, equal opportunity, collective bargaining, discrimination against race, color, national origin, religious creed, physical or mental disability, sex, age, ancestry, medical condition, marital status or sexual orientation, and the withholding and payment of social security and other Taxestaxes. There are no pending or, to the Knowledge of the CompanyStockholders, threatened charges (by employees, their representatives or governmental authorities) of unfair labor practices or of employment discrimination or of any other wrongful action with respect to any aspect of employment of any Person person employed or formerly employed by the Company. To the Knowledge of the Company, no No union representation elections relating to the Company's employees have been scheduled by any Governmental or Regulatory Authority, no organizational effort is being made with respect to any of such employees, and to the knowledge of Stockholders there is no investigation of the Company's employment policies or practices by any Governmental or Regulatory Authority is pending or threatened. The To the Knowledge of the Stockholders, the Company is not currently, and in the past has not been, involved in labor negotiations with any unit or group seeking to become the bargaining unit for any employees of the Company. The To the Knowledge of the Stockholders, the Company has never experienced any work stoppage and, stoppages and to the Knowledge of the Stockholders and the Company, no work stoppage has been threatened or is planned.