Labor and Employment (a) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.13(a), (i) no Company Group Member is a party to or bound by any CBA (including agreements with works councils and trade unions and side letters), and no employees of any Company Group Member are represented by any labor union, works council, or other labor organization with respect to their employment; (ii) in the past three years, no labor union, works council, other labor organization, or group of employees of any Company Group Member has made a demand for recognition or certification, and there are no representation or certification proceedings presently pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened to be brought or filed with the National Labor Relations Board or any other labor relations tribunal or authority; (iii) to the Knowledge of the Company, in the past three years, there have been no actual or threatened organizing activities with respect to any employees of any Company Group Member, and no such activities are currently pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened; (iv) in the past three years, there has been no actual or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened strike, lockout, work stoppage, slowdown, picketing, hand billing, unfair labor practice charge, material labor grievance, material labor arbitration or other material labor dispute against or affecting any Company Group Member, and no such dispute is currently pending or to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened; and (v) with respect to the Transactions, each Company Group Member has satisfied all notice, bargaining, consent, consultation or other obligations to its employees and employees’ representatives under applicable Law and any CBA or other Contract. (b) Each Company Group Member is, and since December 31, 2017 has been, in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws respecting labor, employment and employment practices, including all Laws respecting terms and conditions of employment, health and safety, wages and hours (including the classification of independent contractors and exempt and non-exempt employees), immigration (including the completion of Forms I-9 for all employees and the proper confirmation of employee visas), employment harassment, discrimination or retaliation, whistleblowing, disability rights or benefits, equal opportunity, plant closures and layoffs (including the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988, as amended, or any similar Laws (collectively, the “WARN Act”)), employee trainings and notices, workers’ compensation, labor relations, collective bargaining, employee leave issues, COVID-19, affirmative action and unemployment insurance. (c) To the Knowledge of the Company, no current or former employee or independent contractor of any Company Group Member is in any material respect in violation of any term of any employment agreement, nondisclosure agreement, common law nondisclosure obligation, fiduciary duty, noncompetition agreement, nonsolicitation agreement, restrictive covenant or other obligation: (i) owed to any Company Group Member; or (ii) owed to any third party with respect to such Person’s right to be employed or engaged by a Company Group Member. To the Knowledge of the Company, no current employee of any Company Group Member with annualized compensation at or above $150,000, has given notice to the Company that the employee intends to terminate his or her employment prior to the one year anniversary of the Closing. (d) Each Company Group Member has promptly, thoroughly and impartially investigated all sexual harassment, or other discrimination or retaliation allegations of which any of them is or has been made aware in the past three years. With respect to each such allegation with potential merit, each Company Group Member has taken prompt corrective action that is reasonably calculated to prevent further improper action. No Company Group Member reasonably expects any material liabilities with respect to any such allegations and is not aware of any allegations relating to officers, directors, employees, contractors, or agents of such Company Group Member, that, if known to the public, would bring such Company Group Member into material disrepute. (e) No employee layoff, facility closure or shutdown, reduction-in-force, furlough, temporary layoff, material work schedule change or reduction in hours, or reduction in salary or wages, or other workforce changes affecting employees of any Company Group Member (other than terminations of employees for performance reasons) has occurred since March 1, 2020 or is currently contemplated, planned or announced, including as a result of COVID-19 or any Law directive, guidelines or recommendations by any Governmental Authority in connection with or in response to COVID-19. No Company Group Member has experienced any material employment-related liability with respect to COVID-19. (f) Except as would not result in material liability for the Company Group, the Company Group has fully and timely paid all (i) wages, salaries, wage premiums, commissions, overtime, bonuses, severance and termination payments, fees, and other compensation that has come due and payable to its current or former employees and independent contractors under applicable Laws, Contract or Company Group policy, and (ii) fines, Taxes, interest, or other penalties for any failure to pay or delinquency in paying such compensation.
Consideration of Criminal History in Hiring and Employment Decisions 10.14.1 Contractor agrees to comply fully with and be bound by all of the provisions of Chapter 12T, “City Contractor/Subcontractor Consideration of Criminal History in Hiring and Employment Decisions,” of the San Francisco Administrative Code (“Chapter 12T”), including the remedies provided, and implementing regulations, as may be amended from time to time. The provisions of Chapter 12T are incorporated by reference and made a part of this Agreement as though fully set forth herein. The text of the Chapter 12T is available on the web at xxxx://xxxxx.xxx/olse/fco. Contractor is required to comply with all of the applicable provisions of 12T, irrespective of the listing of obligations in this Section. Capitalized terms used in this Section and not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in Chapter 12T. 10.14.2 The requirements of Chapter 12T shall only apply to a Contractor’s or Subcontractor’s operations to the extent those operations are in furtherance of the performance of this Agreement, shall apply only to applicants and employees who would be or are performing work in furtherance of this Agreement, and shall apply when the physical location of the employment or prospective employment of an individual is wholly or substantially within the City of San Francisco. Chapter 12T shall not apply when the application in a particular context would conflict with federal or state law or with a requirement of a government agency implementing federal or state law.