Effective Date Term and Termination 7.1 In AT&T-13STATE, with the exception of AT&T OHIO, the Effective Date of this Agreement shall be ten (10) calendar days after the Commission approves this Agreement under Section 252(e) of the Act or, absent such Commission approval, the date this Agreement is deemed approved under Section 252(e)(4) of the Act. In AT&T OHIO, based on the PUC-OH, the Agreement is Effective upon filing and is deemed approved by operation of law on the 91st day after filing.
7.2 The term of this Agreement shall commence upon the Effective Date of this Agreement and shall expire on August 20, 2008, provided; however, should CLEC implement (i.e. provided assurance of payment, ordered facilities, and submitted ASRs for trunking) this Agreement within six (6) months of the Effective Date, then this Agreement will automatically renew for one additional year and expire on August 20, 2009 (the “Term”). Absent the receipt by one Party of written notice from the other Party within 180 calendar days prior to the expiration of the Term to the effect that such Party does not intend to extend the Term, this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect on and after the expiration of the Term until terminated by either Party pursuant to Section 7.3 or 7.4.
7.3 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, either Party may terminate this Agreement and the provision of any Interconnection, Resale Services, Lawful Unbundled Network Elements, functions, facilities, products or services provided pursuant to this Agreement, at the sole discretion of the terminating Party, in the event that the other Party fails to perform a material obligation or breaches a material term of this Agreement and the other Party fails to cure such nonperformance or breach within forty-five (45) calendar days after written notice thereof. Any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.3 shall take effect immediately upon delivery of written notice to the other Party that it failed to cure such nonperformance or breach within forty-five (45) calendar days after written notice thereof.
7.4 If pursuant to Section 7.2, this Agreement continues in full force and effect after the expiration of the Term, either Party may terminate this Agreement after delivering written notice to the other Party of its intention to terminate this Agreement, subject to Sections 7.5 and 7.6. Neither Party shall have any liability to the other Party for termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.4 other than its obligations under Sections 7.5 and 7.6.
7.5 Upon termination or expiration of this Agreement in accordance with Sections 7.2, 7.3 or 7.4:
7.5.1 Each Party shall continue to comply with its obligations set forth in Section 42, Scope of this Agreement; and
7.5.2 Each Party shall promptly pay all amounts owed under this Agreement or place any Disputed Amounts into an escrow account that complies with Section 10.4 hereof;
7.5.3 Each Party's confidentiality obligations shall survive; and
7.5.4 Each Party's indemnification obligations shall survive.
7.6 If either Party serves notice of expiration pursuant to Section 7.2 or Section 7.4, CLEC shall have ten
Certain Employee Matters (a) Purchaser has delivered to Seller a list (the "Prospective Employee List") containing the names of all persons who are actively employed by Seller in connection with the Acquired Business to whom Purchaser intends to offer employment (each a "Prospective Employee" and, collectively, the "Prospective Employees"). Seller shall use commercially reasonable efforts to assist Purchaser in obtaining the employment of the Prospective Employees.
(b) Effective on such date as mutually agreed between Purchaser and Seller , each Prospective Employee who accepts an offer of employment by Purchaser and thereafter commences such employment shall become an employee of Purchaser.
(c) Seller shall, from January 1, 1998 to the Closing Date, accrue bonuses and commissions of Seller's employees consistent with past practices.
(d) Seller shall be solely responsible for and shall pay and fund in full to all of its employees and contractors all compensation, incentive payments, bonuses, retirement annuities, deferred compensation, profit sharing benefits, stock incentives and any accrued sick pay, vacation pay and severance pay accrued through to and including the Closing Date for which Seller is obligated under any Contract or Employee Benefit Plan, or under any personnel or employee manual or policy or under any law or regulation, and Seller shall satisfy all other obligations to such employees accrued through to and including the Closing Date, including without limitation all required withholding tax liabilities and tax deposits. Except as expressly provided herein, no such responsibility or obligation shall constitute an Assumed Purchaser Liability in any way whatsoever. Seller agrees not to accelerate or change the terms of any employee loan as a result of the change of employer for so long as such employees are employed by Purchaser. Seller shall be solely responsible for satisfying any obligations resulting from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement under Section 4980B(f) of the Code with respect to continuation of group medical coverage with respect to its respective employees.
(e) Except as may otherwise be provided in the Transitional Agreement, Purchaser is not assuming, nor shall it have any responsibility whatsoever for the continuation of, or any liabilities under or in connection with, any Employee Benefit Plan or any employment contract, collective bargaining agreement, severance or retirement arrangement. Purchaser is not, and shall not be deemed to be, a successor employer to Seller with respect to any Employee Benefit Plan; and no plan adopted or maintained by Purchaser after the Closing is or shall be deemed to be a "successor plan," as such term is defined in Section 4021(a) of ERISA, of any Employee Benefit Plan. No assets held under any Employee Benefit Plan shall be transferred to Purchaser or to any plan adopted or maintained by Purchaser. Except as specifically set forth herein, Purchaser shall not be obligated to assume or continue any term or condition of employment currently or previously promised or maintained by Seller with regard to its current, former or retired employees or contractors, and shall not be responsible for any debt, payment, obligation, claim, liability or agreement which relates to or arises from Seller's employment (or termination of employment) of, or contract (or termination of contract) with its current, former or retired employees, regardless of whether such employees are offered employment by Purchaser.
(f) Neither Purchaser nor Seller intend this Agreement to create any rights or interests, except as between Purchaser and Seller, and no present, former or future employee or contractor of Purchaser or Seller shall be treated as a third party beneficiary in or under this Agreement
File Management and Record Retention relating to CRF Eligible Persons or Households Grantee must maintain a separate file for every applicant, Eligible Person, or Household, regardless of whether the request was approved or denied.
a. Contents of File: Each file must contain sufficient and legible documentation. Documents must be secured within the file and must be organized systematically.
Transition to Retirement 24.1 An Employee may advise their Employer in writing of their intention to retire within the next five years and participate in a retirement transition arrangement.
24.2 Transition to retirement arrangements may be proposed and, where agreed, implemented as:
(a) a flexible working arrangement (see clause 16 (Flexible Working Arrangements));
(b) in writing between the parties; or
(c) any combination of the above.
24.3 A transition to retirement arrangement may include but is not limited to:
(a) a reduction in their EFT;
(b) a job share arrangement; or
(c) working in a position at a lower classification or rate of pay.
24.4 The Employer will consider, and not unreasonably refuse, a request by an Employee who wishes to transition to retirement:
(a) to use accrued Long Service Leave (LSL) or Annual Leave for the purpose of reducing the number of days worked per week while retaining their previous employment status; or
(b) to be appointed to a role which that has a lower hourly rate of pay or hours (post transition role), in which case:
(i) the Employer will preserve the accrual of LSL at the time of reduction in salary or hours; and
(ii) where LSL is taken or paid out in lieu on termination, the Employee will be paid LSL hours at the applicable classification and grade, and at the preserved hours, prior to the post transition role until the preserved LSL hours are exhausted.
Employment of Consultants Part A General Consultants’ services shall be procured in accordance with the provisions of the Introduction and Section IV of the "Guidelines: Selection and Employment of Consultants by World Bank Borrowers" published by the Bank in January 1997 and revised in September 1997 (the Consultant Guidelines) and the following provisions of Section II of this Schedule. Part B: Quality- and Cost-based Selection Except as otherwise provided in Part C of this Section, consultants’ services shall be procured under contracts awarded in accordance with the provisions of Section II of the Consultant Guidelines, paragraph 3 of Appendix 1 thereto, Appendix 2 thereto, and the provisions of paragraphs 3.13 through 3.18 thereof applicable to quality- and cost-based selection of consultants. Part C: Other Procedures for the Selection of Consultants
1. Selection Based on Consultants Qualifications Services estimated to cost less than $100,000 equivalent per contract may be procured under contracts awarded in accordance with the provisions of paragraphs 3.1 and 3.7 of the Consultant Guidelines.
RESTRICTIONS ON EMPLOYMENT OF FORMER STATE OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE The Engineer shall not hire a former state officer or employee of a state agency who, during the period of state service or employment, participated on behalf of the state agency in this agreement’s procurement or its negotiation until after the second anniversary of the date of the officer’s or employee’s service or employment with the state agency ceased.
Term and Termination 9.1 Unless earlier terminated as provided in this Agreement, the initial term of this Agreement shall commence as of the Effective Date and conclude on December 31, 2005. Thereafter, this Agreement will automatically renew for three (3) year periods. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be terminated at any time by BMS on three (3) years written notice to NA or by NA on six (6) months written notice to BMS.
9.2 Upon the happening of any of the following .events, either party shall have the right to terminate this Agreement upon written notice of such termination to the other party:
(a) Any material breach by the other party of this Agreement, which material breach continues for a period of thirty (30) days after the non-defaulting party shall have given notice thereof to the defaulting party, or
(b) The other party becomes insolvent, is adjudicated as bankrupt or otherwise seeks or receives protection under the bankruptcy laws of the United States, has a receiver or trustee appointed for all or part of its assets and business, executes and delivers an assignment for the benefit of its creditors or is liquidated, dissolved or wound-up or
(c) The continuance of an event of force majeure for a period of more than sixty (60) days.
9.3 The objective of this Agreement is to realize in an economical and reasonable way the interests and requirements of both parties. If at any time during the term of this Ageement, this objective is no longer met due to: ·
(a) regulatory changes(s), or economic circumstances, which could not have been foreseen at the time of execution of this Agreement causing undue and prolonged hardship; or
(b) any substantial increase in Seller’s direct or indirect cost relating to Uranium targets or radioactive waste disposal;
(c) changes in the selling price effected by the entrance into the market of sellers capable of meeting the volume commitments contemplated under this Agreement; then the parties shall negotiate in good faith in an effort to modify this Agreement in accordance with any of the matters described above and such negotiations shall commence within **** (****) days of one party’s written notice to the other of (a) and/or (b) above. During any negotiation period, the pricing increments defined in Exhibit C will continue in effect. In the event the parties are unable to agree upon a satisfactory modification of this Agreement within **** (****) days of commencement of negotiations (“negotiation period”), the party requesting the modification may terminate this Agreement within **** (****) days following expiry of the negotiation period by providing **** (****) days written notice to the other party.
9.4 The warranties and indemnities contained in this Agreement shall survive any expiration or termination hereof, as shall the confidentiality obligations of the parties pursuant to Article 8 hereof. Otherwise, upon expiration or termination of this Agreement as provided in this Article 9, except as expressly provided herein, the parties shall have no further liabilities, duties or obligations under this Agreement, except for any liabilities, duties or obligations which may have arisen prior to such expiration or termination.
Term and Termination of Employment (a) This Agreement shall be effective as of the Effective Date.
(b) Employee's Employment shall terminate immediately upon the discharge of Employee for "Cause." For the purpose of this Agreement, the term "Cause," when used with respect to termination by NOVA of Employee's Employment hereunder, shall mean termination as a result of: (i) Employee's competition with the Business of NOVA either directly or indirectly, (ii) Employee's willful, intentional, or grossly negligent failure to perform her duties under this Agreement diligently and in accordance with the directions of NOVA; (iii) Employee's willful, intentional, or grossly negligent failure to comply with the decisions or policies of NOVA; (iv) Employee's failure to discharge Employee's duty of loyalty to NOVA; or (v) final conviction of Employee of a felony; provided, however, that in the event NOVA desires to terminate Employee's Employment pursuant to subsections (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv) of this Section 6 (b), NOVA shall first give Employee written notice of such intent, detailed and specific description of the reasons and basis therefor, and thirty (30) days to remedy or cure such perceived breaches or deficiencies by Employee (the "Cure Period"). If Employee does not cure the perceived breaches or deficiencies within the Cure Period, NOVA may discharge Employee immediately upon written notice to Employee. If NOVA desires to terminate Employee's Employment pursuant to subsection (v) of this Section 6(b), NOVA shall first give Employee three (3) days prior written notice of such intent.
Contract Term and Termination 14.1 The Contract becomes effective when the Holder / Authorized user receives the card and the PIN and is valid for a period of 60 months with the possibility of being automatically extended for new successive periods of 60 months. If neither party sends the other party a written notification at least 30 days before the expiry of the initial term or of any of the extended terms, specifying that it does not wish to extend the Contract.
Certain Employees (a) Each of the following is included in the list of agreements set forth in the Disclosure Schedule: all collective bargaining agreements, employment and consulting agreements, bonus plans, deferred compensation plans, employee pension plans or retirement plans, employee profit-sharing plans, employee stock purchase and stock option plans, hospitalization insurance, and other plans and arrangements providing for employee benefits of employees of the Seller.
(b) The Disclosures Schedule contains a true, complete and accurate list of the following: the names, positions, and compensation of the present employees of the Seller, together with a statement of the annual salary payable to salaried employees and a summary of the bonuses and description of agreements for additional compensation and other like benefits, if any, paid or payable to such persons for the period set forth in the Disclosure Schedule. Except as listed in the Disclosure Schedule, to the best of Seller's knowledge, all employees of Seller are employees-at-will.
(c) Seller has no retired employees who are receiving or are entitled to receive any payments, health or other benefits from Seller.