General Release of Claims Employee knowingly and voluntarily releases and forever discharges the Company from any and all claims, rights, causes of action, demands, fees costs, expenses, including attorneys’ fees, and liabilities of any kind whatsoever, whether known or unknown, against the Company, that Employee has, has ever had or may have as of the date of execution of this Agreement and General Release, including, but not limited to, any alleged violation of: ● The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, as amended; ● The Older Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990; ● The National Labor Relations Act, as amended; ● Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended; ● The Civil Rights Act of 1991; ● Sections 1981 through 1988 of Title 42 of the United States Code, as amended; ● The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended; ● The Immigration Reform and Control Act, as amended; ● The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, as amended; ● The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, as amended; ● The Occupational Safety and Health Act, as amended; ● The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993; ● All other federal, state or local civil or human rights laws, whistleblower laws, or any other local, state or federal law, regulations and ordinances; ● All public policy, contract, tort, or common laws; and ● All allegations for costs, fees, and other expenses including attorneys’ fees incurred in these matters. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the sole matters to which the Agreement and General Release do not apply are: (i) Employee’s rights of indemnification and directors and officers liability insurance coverage to which the Executive was entitled immediately prior to __________ __, 20__ with regard to the Executive’s service as an officer and director of the Company (including, without limitation, under Article 15 of the Severance Agreement); (ii) Employee’s rights under any tax-qualified pension plan or claims for accrued vested benefits under any other employee benefit plan, policy or arrangement maintained by the Company or under the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended; (iii) Employee’s rights under Article 7 or Article 11 of the Severance Agreement, as the case may be; and (iv) Employee’s rights as a stockholder of the Company.
General Release (a) Employee, on behalf of himself and his heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, does hereby irrevocably and unconditionally release, acquit and forever discharge Longs Corporation, Longs California, and all of their respective affiliates, stockholders, directors, officers, employees, representatives, successors, assigns, agents and attorneys from any and all charges, complaints, grievances, claims, liabilities, obligations, promises, agreements, controversies, damages, actions, causes of action, suits, rights, demands, costs, losses, debts and expenses (including attorneys’ fees and costs actually incurred), of whatever kind or nature, known or unknown, suspected or unsuspected, joint or several (“Claims”), which Employee has had or may hereafter claim to have had, against any such persons or entities by reason of any matter, act, omission, cause or event whatever that has occurred up to and including the Effective Date other than those obligations set forth in this Agreement. This release and waiver of Claims specifically includes, without limitation: (i) all Claims arising from or relating in any way to any act or failure to act by any employee, officer or director of Longs, (ii) all Claims arising from or relating in any way to the employment relationship of Employee with Longs and/or the termination thereof, including any Claims which have been asserted or could have been asserted against Longs, and (iii) any and all Claims which might have been asserted by Employee in any suit, claim, or charge, for or on account of any matter or things whatsoever that has occurred up to and including the Effective Date, under any and all laws, constitutions, statutes, orders, regulations, or any other claim of right(s), including without limitation, any claim under (as amended) the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Civil Rights Act of 1991, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, the California Labor Code, any other federal, state or local statute or law governing employment or the termination of employment, and any Claim in contract or tort.
