Common use of Relations Clause in Contracts

Relations. (a) No West Suburban Entity is the subject of any Litigation asserting that it or any other West Suburban Entity has committed an unfair labor practice (within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act or comparable state Law) or other violation of state or federal labor Law or seeking to compel it or any other West Suburban Entity to bargain with any labor organization, trade union, workers council, or other employee representative as to wages or conditions of employment, nor is any West Suburban Entity a party to any collective bargaining agreement or subject to any bargaining order, injunction, legally binding commitment, or other Order relating to any West Suburban Entity’s relationship or dealings with its employees, any labor organization, trade union, workers council, or any other employee representative. There is no strike, slowdown, lockout, work stoppage, or other job action or labor dispute involving any West Suburban Entity pending or, to the Knowledge of West Suburban, threatened, and there have been no such actions or disputes in the past five (5) years. To the Knowledge of West Suburban, there has not been any attempt by any West Suburban Entity employees or any labor organization or other employee representative to organize or certify a collective bargaining unit or to engage in any other union organization activity with respect to the workforce of any West Suburban Entity. (b) Except as disclosed in Section 4.14(b) of the West Suburban Disclosure Memorandum, employment of each employee and the engagement of each independent contractor of each West Suburban Entity is terminable at will by the relevant West Suburban Entity without (i) any penalty, liability, or severance obligation incurred by any West Suburban Entity, (ii) and in all cases without prior consent by any Governmental Authority. No West Suburban Entity will owe any amounts to any of its employees or independent contractors as of the Closing Date, other than for wages, bonuses, vacation pay, sick leave, and mileage reimbursement obligations incurred, properly recorded in West Suburban’s books and records, and paid in the ordinary course in accordance with past practice and not as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except as disclosed in Section 4.14(b) of the West Suburban Disclosure Memorandum. (c) All of the employees employed by any West Suburban Entity in the United States are either United States citizens or are, to the Knowledge of West Suburban, legally entitled to work in the United States under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, as amended, other United States immigration Laws and the Laws related to the employment of non-United States citizens applicable in the state in which the employees are employed. Each West Suburban Entity has complied with E-Verify and any comparable Law. (d) No West Suburban Entity has effectuated (i) a “plant closing” (as defined in the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (the “WARN Act”)) affecting any site of employment or one or more facilities or operating units within any site of employment or facility of any West Suburban Entity; or (ii) a “mass layoff” (as defined in the WARN Act) affecting any site of employment or facility of any West Suburban Entity; and no West Suburban Entity has been affected by any transaction or engaged in layoffs or employment terminations sufficient in number to trigger application of any similar state or local Law. (e) Section 4.14(e) of the West Suburban Disclosure Memorandum contains a list of all independent contractors of each West Suburban Entity (separately listed by West Suburban Entity), and each such Person meets the standard for an independent contractor under all Laws (including Treasury Regulations under the Code and federal and state labor and employment Laws), and no such Person is an employee of any West Suburban Entity under any applicable Law. (f) All West Suburban Entities are and for the past three (3) years have been in material compliance with all applicable Laws pertaining to employment and employment practices with respect to the employees of West Suburban Entities, including but not limited to all Laws relating to wages, hours, overtime, employment discrimination, workplace harassment, retaliation, family and medical leave, disability accommodation, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, I-9 employment eligibility verification and the collection and payment of payroll withholding, unemployment, Medicare and/or social security taxes, and there are no pending, or, to the Knowledge of West Suburban, threatened, investigations, complaints, charges, claims, lawsuits, or arbitrations with respect to such Laws.

Relations. (a) No West Suburban Buyer Entity is the subject of any Litigation asserting that it or any other West Suburban Buyer Entity has committed an unfair labor practice (within the meaning of the National Labor Relations Act or comparable state Law) or other violation of state or federal labor Law or seeking to compel it or any other West Suburban Buyer Entity to bargain with any labor organization, trade union, workers council, or other employee representative as to wages or conditions of employment, nor is any West Suburban Buyer Entity a party to any collective bargaining agreement or subject to any bargaining order, injunction, legally binding commitment, or other Order relating to any West Suburban Buyer Entity’s relationship or dealings with its employees, any labor organization, trade union, workers council, or any other employee representative. There is no strike, slowdown, lockout, work stoppage, or other job action or labor dispute involving any West Suburban Buyer Entity pending or, to the Knowledge of West SuburbanBuyer, threatened, and there have been no such actions or disputes in the past five (5) years. To the Knowledge of West SuburbanBuyer, there has not been any attempt by any West Suburban Buyer Entity employees or any labor organization or other employee representative to organize or certify a collective bargaining unit or to engage in any other union organization activity with respect to the workforce of any West Suburban Buyer Entity. (b) Except as disclosed in Section 4.14(b) of the West Suburban Disclosure Memorandum, employment of each employee and the engagement of each independent contractor of each West Suburban Entity is terminable at will by the relevant West Suburban Entity without (i) any penalty, liability, or severance obligation incurred by any West Suburban Entity, (ii) and in all cases without prior consent by any Governmental Authority. No West Suburban Entity will owe any amounts to any of its employees or independent contractors as of the Closing Date, other than for wages, bonuses, vacation pay, sick leave, and mileage reimbursement obligations incurred, properly recorded in West Suburban’s books and records, and paid in the ordinary course in accordance with past practice and not as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, except as disclosed in Section 4.14(b) of the West Suburban Disclosure Memorandum. (c) All of the employees employed by any West Suburban Buyer Entity in the United States are either United States citizens or are, to the Knowledge of West SuburbanBuyer, legally entitled to work in the United States under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986, as amended, other United States immigration Laws and the Laws related to the employment of non-United States citizens applicable in the state in which the employees are employed. Each West Suburban Buyer Entity has complied with E-Verify and any comparable Law. (dc) No West Suburban Buyer Entity has effectuated (i) a “plant closing” (as defined in the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (the “WARN Act”)) affecting any site of employment or one or more facilities or operating units within any site of employment or facility of any West Suburban Buyer Entity; or (ii) a “mass layoff” (as defined in the WARN Act) affecting any site of employment or facility of any West Suburban Buyer Entity; and no West Suburban Buyer Entity has been affected by any transaction or engaged in layoffs or employment terminations sufficient in number to trigger application of any similar state or local Law. (ed) Except as disclosed in Section 4.14(e5.18(d) of the West Suburban Buyer Disclosure Memorandum contains a list of Memorandum, all independent contractors of each West Suburban Buyer Entity (separately listed by West Suburban Entity), and each such Person meets meet the standard for an independent contractor under all Laws (including Treasury Regulations under the Code and federal and state labor and employment Laws), and no such Person is an employee of any West Suburban Buyer Entity under any applicable Law. (fe) All West Suburban Except as disclosed in section 5.18(e) of the Buyer Disclosure Memorandum, all Buyer Entities are and for the past three (3) years have been in material compliance with all applicable Laws pertaining to employment and employment practices with respect to the employees of West Suburban EntitiesBuyer and its Subsidiaries, including but not limited to all Laws relating to wages, hours, overtime, employment discrimination, workplace harassment, retaliation, family and medical leave, disability accommodation, civil rights, safety and health, workers’ compensation, pay equity, I-9 employment eligibility verification and the collection and payment of payroll withholding, unemployment, Medicare and/or social security taxes, and there are no pending, or, to the Knowledge of West SuburbanBuyer, threatened, investigations, complaints, charges, claims, lawsuits, or arbitrations with respect to such Laws.