Secondment of Seconded Employees Sample Clauses

Secondment of Seconded Employees. (a) Rice Energy shall provide, or cause to be provided, to the MLP the Seconded Employees (as defined below) to operate, construct, manage and maintain the Facilities in an efficient and prudent manner. Subject to Rice Energy’s right to be reimbursed for such expenses in accordance with this Agreement, Rice Energy shall pay all expenses incurred by it in connection with the retention of the Seconded Employees, including, but not limited to, compensation, salaries, wages and overhead and administrative expenses, charged to or incurred by Rice Energy, and, if applicable, social security taxes, workers compensation insurance, retirement and insurance benefits and other such expenses. Any Seconded Employees retained by Rice Energy may be union or non-union employees, and Rice Energy shall have the sole right to negotiate the terms and provisions of any labor or other agreements with the unions to which such employees belong. Rice Energy shall provide, or cause to be provided, all workers who will perform the MLP Employee Services. (b) During the term of this Agreement, Rice Energy shall second all employees of Rice Energy that provide the MLP Employee Services to the MLP. Each such employee who Rice Energy seconds to the MLP shall, during the time that such employee is seconded to the MLP under this Agreement (the “Period of Secondment”), be referred to individually herein as a “Seconded Employee” and, collectively, as the “Seconded Employees.” (c) The Seconded Employees will remain at all times employees of Rice Energy, but, in addition, during the Period of Secondment they will also be joint employees of the MLP. For the avoidance of doubt, the Parties acknowledge that the Seconded Employees may, during the Period of Secondment, be called upon to perform services for both the MLP and Rice Energy. Rice Energy retains the right to terminate the secondment of any Seconded Employee for any reason at any time or to hire or discharge the Seconded Employees with respect to their employment with Rice Energy. The MLP will have the right to terminate the secondment to it of any Seconded Employee for any reason at any time, upon prior written notice to Rice Energy, but at no time will the MLP have the right to terminate any Seconded Employee’s employment by Rice Energy. Upon the termination of the secondment of any Seconded Employee, such Seconded Employee will cease performing services for the MLP. (d) In the course and scope of performing any Seconded Employee’s job ...