Washington Associates Sample Clauses

Washington Associates. To the extent Associate works for the Company in the State of Washington (or last worked for the Company in the State of Washington, if Associate is no longer employed by the Company) at the relevant time of enforcement, Associate agrees that notwithstanding the provisions set forth elsewhere in this Agreement: (a) To the extent Associate makes $107,301.04 or less per year in earnings from the Company: (1) the obligations and restrictions set forth in Sections 1.2, 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4 of this Agreement that apply during Associate’s employment shall only apply to Associate to the extent such obligations and restrictions are commensurate and coextensive with Associate’s duty of loyalty, duty to avoid conflicts of interest, and statutory duties. (2) that aside from: (A) the post-employment restriction prohibiting Associate from directly or indirectly soliciting any customer of the Company to cease or reduce the extent to which it is doing business with the Company, and (B) the post-employment restriction prohibiting Associate from directly or indirectly soliciting the Company’s employees to terminate their relationship with the Company (collectively, the “Non-Solicitation Covenants”), which restrictions remain in full force and effect and are unaffected by this paragraph; the remainder of the post-employment restrictions set forth in Sections 3.2, 3.3, and 3.4 of this Agreement (collectively, the “Non-Competition Covenants”) shall not apply to Associate. For purposes of construing the Non-Solicitation Covenants, the term “Company” shall have the same meaning as the term “employer” in RCW 49.62.010(5) and the term “customer” shall have the same meaning as the term “customer” in RCW 49.62.010(5). (b) That even if Associate makes more than $107,301.04 per year in earnings from the Company, and aside from the Non-Solicitation Covenants, which are unaffected by this paragraph, the post-employment provisions of the Non-Competition Covenants shall (1) only apply for 18 months after Associate’s employment with Company ends, and (2) not apply to Associate following Associate’s separation from the Company if Associate is terminated by the Company as the result of a layoff, unless the Company, at its sole option, pays Associate compensation equivalent to Associate’s base salary at the time of termination for the post-employment restricted period, less any compensation earned by Associate through subsequent employment during that period. (c) Nothing in this Agreement is in...