Prior Employment Agreements The Executive represents that he/she has not executed any agreement with any previous employer which may impose restrictions on Executive’s employment with the Employer.
Employment Arrangements Section 3.15 of the Meridian Disclosure ----------------------- Schedule contains a true, accurate and complete list of all Meridian employees involved in the ownership or operation of the Meridian Assets or the conduct of the Meridian Business (the "Meridian Employees"), together with each such employee's title or the capacity in which he or she is employed and the basis for each such employee's compensation. Meridian has no obligation or liability, contingent or other, under any Employment Arrangement with any Meridian Employee, other than those listed or described in Section 3.15 of the Meridian Disclosure Schedule. Except as described in Section 3.15 of the Meridian Disclosure Schedule, (i) none of the Meridian Employees is now, or, to Meridian's knowledge, since January 1, 1993, has been, represented by any labor union or other employee collective bargaining organization, and Meridian is not, and has never been, a party to any labor or other collective bargaining agreement with respect to any of the Meridian Employees, (ii) there are no pending grievances, disputes or controversies with any union or any other employee or collective bargaining organization of such employees, or threats of strikes, work stoppages or slowdowns or any pending demands for collective bargaining by any such union or other organization, and (iii) neither Meridian nor any of such employees is now, or, to Meridian's knowledge, has since January 1, 1993 been, subject to or involved in or, to Meridian's knowledge, threatened with, any union elections, petitions therefore or other organizational or recruiting activities, in each case with respect to the Meridian Employees. Meridian has performed in all Material respects all obligations required to be performed under all Employment Arrangements and is not in Material breach or violation of or in Material default or arrears under any of the terms, provisions or conditions thereof.
Prior Employment Agreement Effective as of the Agreement Date, this Agreement supersedes any prior employment agreement between the Employee and the Company.
Not Employment Contract The Employee acknowledges that this Agreement does not constitute a contract of employment, does not imply that the Company will continue his/her employment for any period of time and does not change the at-will nature of his/her employment.
Employment Agreements Each of the persons listed on Schedule 9.12 shall have been afforded the opportunity to enter into an employment agreement substantially in the form of Annex VIII hereto.
Post-Agreement Employment In the event the Executive remains in the employ of the Company or any of its Affiliates following termination of this Agreement, by the expiration of the Term or otherwise, then such employment shall be at will.
Employee Benefit Plans; Employment Agreements Except in --------------------------------------------- each case as set forth in SCHEDULE 4.10, (i) there has been no "prohibited transaction," as such term is defined in Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1975, as amended ("ERISA") and Section 4975 of the Code, with respect to any employee pension plans (as defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA, any material employee welfare plans (as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA), or any material bonus, stock option, stock purchase, incentive, deferred compensation, supplemental retirement, severance and other similar fringe or employee benefit plans, programs or arrangements (collectively, the "COMPANY EMPLOYEE PLANS") which could result in any liability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (ii) all Company Employee Plans are in compliance in all material respects with the requirements prescribed by any and all Laws (including ERISA and the Code), currently in effect with respect thereto (including all applicable requirements for notification to participants or the Department of Labor, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (the "PBGC"), Internal Revenue Service (the "IRS") or Secretary of the Treasury), and the Company and each of its Subsidiaries have performed all material obligations required to be performed by them under, are not in any material respect in default under or violation of, and have no knowledge of any material default or violation by any other party to, any of the Company Employee Plans; (iii) each Company Employee Plan intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code and each trust intended to qualify under Section 501(a) of the Code is the subject of a favorable determination letter from the IRS, and nothing has occurred which may reasonably be expected to impair such determination; (iv) all contributions required to be made to any Company Employee Plan pursuant to Section 412 of the Code, or the terms of any Company Employee Plan or any collective bargaining agreement, have been made on or before their due dates; (v) with respect to each Company Employee Plan, no "reportable event" within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA (excluding any such event for which the 30-day notice requirement has been waived under the regulations to Section 4043 of ERISA) nor any event described in Section 4062, 4063 or 4041 of ERISA has occurred; (vi) no withdrawal (including a partial withdrawal) has occurred with respect to any multiemployer plan within the meaning set forth in Section 3(37) of ERISA that has resulted in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, any withdrawal liability for the Company or any of its Subsidiaries; (vii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred, or reasonably expects to incur, any liability under Title IV of ERISA (other than liability for premium payments to the PBGC, and contributions not in default to the respective plans, arising in the ordinary course), (viii) none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any employment, consulting or similar agreement; and (ix) none of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is or will be liable for any severance or other payments to any of its employees as a result of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.
Employee Agreements The Company will cause each person now or hereafter employed by it or by any subsidiary (or engaged by the Company or any subsidiary as a consultant/independent contractor) with access to confidential information and/or trade secrets to enter into a nondisclosure and proprietary rights assignment agreement.
Termination of Employment Agreements Any and all Employment Agreements entered into between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and the Executive prior to the date of this Agreement are hereby terminated.
Compensation; Employment Agreements 16 5.15 Noncompetition, Confidentiality and Nonsolicitation Agreements; Employee Policies...... 16 5.16
