Contractual Penalty If the Contractor refuses or fails to duly complete the Assignment after the Assignment Order has been awarded to the Contractor and signed in accordance with this Agreement, the Company is entitled to request the Contractor to pay a contractual penalty in the amount of 10% (ten percent) of the Fee for the respective Assignment. Should the Contractor fail to meet any of the milestones or delivery dates under any of the Assignment Orders and provided that the cause of such delay is attributable to the action or inaction of the Contractor, the Company is entitled to request the Contractor to pay to the Company a contractual penalty of 0.1% (zero point one percent) of the amount of the Fee payable for the respective Assignment for each day of delay, provided that each such contractual penalty shall not exceed 10% (ten percent) of the Fee payable for the respective Assignment. Should the Company delay any payment in accordance with Clause 5.7, the Contractor is entitled to request the Company to pay a contractual penalty in the amount of 0.1% (zero point one percent) from the delayed amount for each day of delay, provided that the total amount of such contractual penalty payable by the Company under this Clause 13.2.3 shall not exceed 10% (ten percent) of the delayed amount. The contractual penalties shall be applied upon the sole discretion of the entitled Party under the Agreement considering the material consequences of the breach. Payment of the contractual penalty shall not release the Party from performance of any of its obligations under the Agreement. FORCE MAJEURE
Union Notification The Union shall be notified of all appointments, hirings, layoffs, transfers, recalls and terminations of employment.