Labor, Employee and Agent Relations. 4.10.1 Labor and Employee Relations ----------------------------
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Employment Relations The Company is in compliance with all Federal, state or other applicable laws, domestic or foreign, respecting employment and employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours, and has not and is not engaged in any unfair labor practice.
Employment and Labor Relations Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is engaged in any unfair labor practice that, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is (i) no unfair labor practice complaint pending against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against any of them, before the National Labor Relations Board, and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out of or under any collective bargaining agreement is so pending against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against any of them, (ii) no strike, labor dispute, slowdown or stoppage pending against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) no union representation question exists with respect to the employees of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, (iv) no equal employment opportunity charges or other claims of employment discrimination are pending or, to the Borrower’s knowledge, threatened against the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and (v) no wage and hour department investigation has been made of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, except (with respect to any matter specified in clauses (i) through (v) above, either individually or in the aggregate) such as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Labor and Employee Relations (i) (A) None of the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is represented in his or her capacity as an employee of such company by any labor organization; (B) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has recognized any labor organization nor has any labor organization been elected as the collective bargaining agent of any of their employees, nor has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries signed any collective bargaining agreement or union contract recognizing any labor organization as the bargaining agent of any of their employees; and (C) to the Knowledge of the Company, there is no active or current union organization activity involving the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, nor has there ever been union representation involving employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
Labor and Other Employment Matters Section 3.11.1 Each of the Company and each Company Subsidiary is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws respecting labor, employment, fair employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, workers’ compensation, occupational safety, plant closings, and wages and hours. None of the Company or any Company Subsidiary is liable for any payment to any trust or other fund or to any Governmental Entity, with respect to unemployment compensation benefits, social security or other benefits or obligations for employees (other than routine payments to be made in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practice). None of the Company or any Company Subsidiary is a party to any collective bargaining or other labor union contract applicable to persons employed by the Company or any Company Subsidiary, and no collective bargaining agreement or other labor union contract is being negotiated by the Company or any Company Subsidiary. There is no labor dispute, strike, slowdown or work stoppage against the Company or any Company Subsidiary pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened that would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. No labor union or similar organization has otherwise been certified to represent any persons employed by the Company or any Company Subsidiary or to the Company’s knowledge has applied to represent such employees or is attempting to organize so as to represent such employees. There is no charge or complaint against the Company or any Company Subsidiary by the National Labor Relations Board or any comparable state or foreign agency pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened, except where such charge or complaint would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company or any Company Subsidiary is materially delinquent in payments to any of its employees for any wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses or other direct compensation for any services performed for it. To the Company’s knowledge, there are no material controversies pending or threatened, between the Company or any Company Subsidiary and any of their current or former employees, which controversies have or could reasonably be expected to result in action, suit, proceeding, claim, arbitration or investigation before any Governmental Entity. To the Company’s knowledge, no employee of the Company or any Company Subsidiary is in any material respect in violation of any term of any employment contract, non-disclosure agreement, non-competition agreement or any restrictive covenant to a former employer relating to the right of any such employee to be employed by the Company or such Company Subsidiary because of the nature of the business conducted or presently proposed by the Company to be conducted by it or to the use of trade secrets or proprietary information of others. To the Company’s knowledge, no executive officer or key employee of the Company or any Company Subsidiary has given notice that such executive officer or key employee intends to terminate his or her employment with the Company or such Company Subsidiary.
Employment Matters There is (A) no unfair labor practice complaint pending against the Company, or any of its subsidiaries, nor to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against it or any of its subsidiaries, before the National Labor Relations Board, any state or local labor relation board or any foreign labor relations board, and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out of or under any collective bargaining agreement is so pending against the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against it and (B) no labor disturbance by the employees of the Company or any of its subsidiaries exists or, to the Company’s knowledge, is imminent, and the Company is not aware of any existing or imminent labor disturbance by the employees of any of its or its subsidiaries, principal suppliers, manufacturers, customers or contractors, that could reasonably be expected, singularly or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company is not aware that any key employee or significant group of employees of the Company or any subsidiary plans to terminate employment with the Company or any such subsidiary.
Labor and Employment Matters (a) Except as set forth in Section 3.25 of the Company Disclosure Schedule, (i) there is no labor strike, material labor dispute, slowdown, stoppage or lockout actually pending, or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and during the past three years there has not been any such action, (ii) no labor organization claims to represent the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to or bound by any collective bargaining or similar agreement governing terms and conditions of employment with any labor organization, (iv) none of the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is represented by any labor organization and the Company does not have any knowledge of any current organizing activities on behalf of any labor organization among the employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, does any question concerning representation exist concerning such employees, (v) there is no pending, or to the knowledge of the Company, threatened material unfair labor practice charge or complaint against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries before the National Labor Relations Board or any similar state or foreign agency, (vi) there is no material grievance arising out of any collective bargaining agreement, (vii) no material charges with respect to or relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries are pending before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or any other agency responsible for the prevention of unlawful employment practices, (viii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received notice of the intent of any federal, state, local or foreign agency responsible for the enforcement of labor or employment laws to conduct an investigation with respect to or relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and no such investigation is in progress, (ix) the Company has procedures in place for collecting information about employee eligibility on Form I-9, collects such information and follows applicable Laws governing U.S. citizenship in all material respects, and (x) there are no material complaints, lawsuits or other proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened in any forum by or on behalf of any present or former employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries alleging breach of any express or implied contract of employment, any law or regulation governing employment or the termination thereof or other discriminatory, wrongful or tortious conduct in connection with the employment relationship.
Employment and Employee Benefits Matters (a) Parent will cause the Surviving Corporation and each of its Subsidiaries, for the period commencing at the Control Time and ending on the first anniversary thereof (the “Continuation Period”), to (i) maintain for the individuals employed by the Company at the Control Time (the “Current Employees”) and who remain employees of the Surviving Corporation during the Continuation Period base compensation and target incentive compensation that is no less favorable to each Current Employee than such Current Employee’s base compensation and target incentive compensation immediately prior to the Control Time, and (ii) provide benefits that are of comparable economic value in the aggregate to the benefits provided by the Company as of immediately prior to the Control Time (excluding, for purposes of Section 6.4(a)(i) and (ii) equity and equity-based compensation, retention, stay, or transaction bonuses or similar arrangements); provided, however, that nothing in this Section 6.4 will be construed as an amendment to or prevent the amendment or termination of any particular Company Plan or employee benefit plan of Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, to the extent permissible thereunder, or interfere with the Parent’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ or the Surviving Corporation’s right or obligation to make such changes as are necessary to conform with applicable Law. Parent will cause the Surviving Corporation and each of its Subsidiaries to honor all obligations and agreements relating to 2010 Bonuses (as defined in Section 4.13(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter) as are, and to the fullest extent, set forth in Section 6.4(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter. During the Continuation Period, Parent will cause the Surviving Corporation to pay or cause to be paid, consistent with the Company’s past practice in similar circumstances, to each Current Employee (i) who is involuntarily terminated or (ii) in the case of any employee covered by an employment, change in control, severance or similar agreement or entitlement providing for benefits upon a voluntary termination for good reason, who terminates employment voluntarily for good reason as therein defined, severance in accordance with past practices, including with respect to bonuses.
Employee and Related Matters (a) Following the Effective Time, MB shall maintain or cause to be maintained employee benefit plans for the benefit of employees (as a group) who are employees of TCG and its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date ("Covered Employees") that provide employee benefits which, in the aggregate, are substantially comparable (and equivalent) to the employee benefits that are made available on a uniform and non-discriminatory basis to similarly situated employees of MB or its Subsidiaries (other than TCG and its Subsidiaries), as applicable; provided that (i) in no event shall any Covered Employee be eligible to participate in any closed or frozen plan of MB or its Subsidiaries; and (ii) until such time as MB shall cause Covered Employees to participate in the benefit plans that are made available to similarly situated employees of MB or its Subsidiaries (other than TCG and its Subsidiaries), a Covered Employee's continued participation in employee benefit plans of TCG or its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to satisfy the foregoing provisions of this sentence (it being understood that participation in the MB Benefit Plans may commence at different times with respect to each MB Benefit Plan). To the extent that a Covered Employee becomes eligible to participate in a MB Benefit Plan, MB shall cause such MB Benefit Plan to recognize years of prior service from the date of the most recent hire of such Covered Employee with TCG or its Subsidiaries for purposes of eligibility, participation, vesting and, except under any plan that determines benefits on an actuarial basis, for benefit accrual, but only to the extent that such service was recognized immediately prior to the Closing Date under a comparable TCG Benefit Plan in which such Covered Employee was eligible to participate immediately prior to the Effective Time; provided, that such recognition of service shall not operate to duplicate any benefits of a Covered Employee with respect to the same period of service.
Employment and Labor Matters Except as set forth on Schedule 3.2(r), the Company and its Subsidiaries, and, the to the Company’s Knowledge, their respective officers, executives, managers and employees have complied and are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws respecting employment or labor, termination of employment and notice upon termination, fair employment practices and equal opportunity, nondiscrimination, harassment, retaliation, human rights, compensation, withholding, pay equity, immigration, collective bargaining, terms and conditions of employment, workers’ compensation, worker classifications, occupational safety, plant closings and wages and hours. The Company and its Subsidiaries have paid in full to all employees or adequately accrued for in accordance with GAAP consistently applied all wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses, benefits and other compensation due to or on behalf of such employees and there is no claim with respect to payment of wages, salary or overtime pay that has been asserted or is now pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened before any Governmental Authority. In the past three (3) years neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries has experienced any material work stoppage, slowdown, labor dispute, allegation, charge, grievance or complaint of unfair labor practice; nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, has any such action been threatened against the Company or its Subsidiaries. There are no material disputes pending or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened, between the Company or its Subsidiaries and any of their employees or former employees or employee organizations. Neither the Company nor its Subsidiaries are a party to any collective bargaining agreement or other labor union or works council contract applicable to persons employed by the Company or its Subsidiaries, nor, to the Company’s Knowledge, are there or have there been in the past three (3) years any activities or proceedings of any labor union to organize any such employees. To the Company’s Knowledge, no Key Employee has any plans to terminate employment with the Company or its Subsidiaries within twelve (12) months of the date hereof or in connection with the Closing.
Employment Related Matters Except as set forth in Schedule 3.16, (a) Seller is not a party to any contract or agreement with any labor organization or other representative of its employees; (b) there is no unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending or, to Seller's best knowledge, threatened against Seller; (c) there is no labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage or other labor controversy in effect or, to Seller's best knowledge, threatened against or otherwise affecting Seller; (d) Seller has not experienced any labor strike, slowdown, work stoppage or similar labor controversy within the past three years; (e) no representation question has been raised respecting any employees of Seller working within the past three years, nor, to the best knowledge of Seller, are there any campaigns being conducted to solicit authorization from any employees of Seller to be represented by any labor organization; (f) no collective bargaining agreement relating to any employees of Seller is being negotiated other than extensions or renewals of existing agreements set forth in Schedule 3.16; (g) no action, suit, complaint, charge, arbitration, inquiry, proceeding or investigation by or before any court, governmental agency, administrative agency or commission brought by or on behalf of any employee, prospective employee, former employee, retiree, labor organization or other representative of Seller's employees, is pending or, to Seller's best knowledge, threatened against Seller; (h) Seller is not a party to, or otherwise bound by, any consent decree with, citation or order by, any Governmental Body relating to their employees or employment practices relating to the employees; (i) Seller is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws, policies, procedures, agreements and contracts, relating to employment, employment practices, wages, hours, and terms and conditions of employment; (j) Seller has paid in full to all of its employees all wages, salaries, commissions, bonuses, benefits and other compensation due and payable to such employees on or prior to the date hereof.
