Protected Activities Sample Clauses

Protected Activities. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to, or does, prohibit Employee from (i) filing a charge or complaint with, providing truthful information to, or cooperating with an investigation being conducted by a governmental agency (such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, another other fair employment practices agency, the National Labor Relations Board, the Department of Labor, or the Securities Exchange Commission (the “SEC”)); (ii) engaging in other legally-protected concerted activities (such as discussing information about the terms, conditions, wages, and benefits of employment with other employees or third parties for the purpose of collective bargaining or other mutual aid or protection of employees); (iii) giving truthful testimony or making statements under oath in response to a subpoena or other valid legal process or in any legal proceeding; (iv) otherwise making truthful statements as required by law or valid legal process; or (v) disclosing a trade secret in confidence to a governmental official, directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, if the disclosure is made solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law. Accordingly, Employee understands that he shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that (i) is made (A) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, and (B) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (ii) is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. Employee likewise understands that, in the event he files a lawsuit for retaliation by the Company for reporting a suspected violation of law, he may disclose the trade secret(s) of the Company or the Company Group to his attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding, if he (i) files any document containing the trade secret under seal; and (ii) does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order. In accordance with applicable law, and notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, nothing in this Agreement or any of any policies or agreements of the Company or the Company Group applicable to Employee (i) impedes his right to communicate with the SEC or any other governmental agency about possible violations of federal securities or other...

Protected Activities. Nothing in this Agreement (or any policy, procedure, or agreements of or with the Company or the Company Group) is intended to, or does, prohibit Employee from (i) contacting, reporting to, communicating with, responding truthfully to an inquiry from, providing truthful information to, filing a charge or complaint with, cooperating with, making truthful statements under oath, or otherwise testifying or participating in any investigation, hearing, or other proceeding being conducted by or before, any federal or state law enforcement, governmental, or regulatory agency or body (such as the U.S. Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), the Occupational Safety & Health Administration, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the U.S. Department of Labor, the National Labor Relations Board, or another federal or state law enforcement, regulatory, or fair employment practices agency), regarding possible or alleged violations of law or unlawful acts in the workplace, and doing so in each instance without prior notice to or authorization from the Company; (ii) making statements or disclosures regarding any sexual assault or sexual harassment dispute in compliance with the Speak Out Act; (iii) giving truthful testimony or making statements under oath in response to a subpoena or other valid legal process or in any legal proceeding; (iv) otherwise making truthful statements as required by law or valid legal process; or (v) disclosing a trade secret in confidence to a governmental official, directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, if the disclosure is made solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law. Accordingly, Employee understands that he shall not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret that (i) is made (A) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to an attorney, and (B) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (ii) is made in a complaint or other document filed in a lawsuit or other proceeding, if such filing is made under seal. Employee likewise understands that, in the event he files a lawsuit for retaliation by the Company for reporting a suspected violation of law, he may disclose the trade secret(s) of the Company or the Company Group to his attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceed...

Protected Activities. Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1833(b), Executive will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret of the Company that (i) is made (A) in confidence to a federal, state, or local government official, either directly or indirectly, or to Executive’s attorney, and (B) solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law; or (ii) is made in a complaint or other document that is filed under seal in a lawsuit or other proceeding. Executive understands that if Executive files a lawsuit for retaliation by the Company for reporting a suspected violation of law, Executive may disclose the trade secret to Executive’s attorney and use the trade secret information in the court proceeding if Executive (1) files any document containing the trade secret under seal and (2) does not disclose the trade secret, except pursuant to court order. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to conflict with 18 U.S.C. §1833(b) or create liability for disclosures of trade secrets that are expressly allowed by such section. Further, nothing in this Agreement or any other agreement between the Company and Executive shall prohibit or restrict Executive from (I) voluntarily communicating with an attorney retained by Executive, (II) voluntarily communicating with any law enforcement, government agency, including the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the New York State Division of Human Rights, or any other state or local commission on human rights, or any self-regulatory organization, regarding possible violations of law, including criminal conduct and unlawful employment practices, in each case without advance notice to the Company, (III) recovering a SEC whistleblower award as provided under Section 21F of the Exchange Act, (IV) disclosing any information (including proprietary information) to a court or other administrative or legislative body in response to a subpoena, court order or written request (with advance notice to the Company prior to any such disclosure to the extent legally permitted), (V) filing or disclosing any facts necessary to receive unemployment insurance, Medicaid or other public benefits to which Executive is entitled or (VI) disclosing the underlying facts or circumstances relating to claims of discrimination, in violation of laws prohibiting discrimination, against the Company.

Protected Activities. The Executive understands that nothing in this Agreement or any other Company agreement, policy, practice, procedure, directive or instruction limits his ability to: (i) file a charge or complaint with any governmental agency, governmental commission or other governmental authority (“Governmental Authority”), (ii) report possible violations of law or regulation to any Governmental Authority, (iii) make other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of applicable law or regulation, or (iv) receive a whistleblower or other award from a Governmental Authority for information provided to a Governmental Authority. The Executive further understands that he does not need permission from anyone at the Company or the Company’s legal counsel in order to take any of the actions described in this paragraph, nor does he have to notify the Company that he has taken or intends to take any of these actions. The Executive further understands that nothing in this Agreement is intended to interfere with or restrain the immunity provided under 18 U.S.C. section 1833(b) for confidential disclosures of trade secrets (a) to lawyers or government officials solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law or (b) in a sealed filing in court or another legal proceeding.

Protected Activities. Nothing in this Agreement, including this Section 6, shall in any way restrict or limit Executive from filing a complaint or administrative charge, or otherwise reporting possible violations of law or regulation to any governmental agency or entity, including, without limitation, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Department of Labor, Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, Congress, or any agency Inspector General, or making other disclosures that are protected under the whistleblower provisions of applicable law or regulation, or from cooperating with any federal, state, or local administrative agency in the investigation of such charges or reports, or from complying with any legal obligation to testify truthfully and accurately under oath.

Protected Activities. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, nothing in this Agreement or the Confidentiality Agreement shall (a) prohibit Executive from filing a charge with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the National Labor Relations Board, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other comparable federal agency, state agency or securities regulatory body (the “Government Agencies”); (b) prohibit Executive from reporting possible violations of law to an appropriate Government Agency in a confidential manner without notice to the Company as authorized in any whistleblower protection provisions of any federal or state law or regulation; or (c) limit Executive’s lawful opportunity to cooperate with or participate in any administrative proceeding or investigation that may be conducted by a Government Agency. With respect to any information disclosed pursuant to this protected activity exception that may constitute confidential or proprietary information, Executive agrees to take all reasonable precautions to prevent any unauthorized use or disclosure to any parties other than the relevant agency or authority. Except as prohibited by applicable law, rule, or regulation, the payments paid to pursuant to the Severance Agreement will be the sole monetary relief available to Executive, and Executive will not be entitled to recover, and agrees to waive, any additional personal monetary relief that may be sought from or awarded against the Company in the future without regard to who filed or brought such claim. However, this Agreement does not waive Executive’s right to receive an award for original information from any Government Agency, including but not limited to any such award pursuant to Section 21F of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Protected Activities. Nothing in this Agreement shall in any way limit or prohibit Recipient from engaging for a lawful purpose in any Protected Activity. For purposes of this Agreement, “Protected Activity” means filing a charge or complaint, or otherwise communicating, cooperating, or participating with, any state, federal, or other governmental agency, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Equal Engagement Opportunity Commission, and the National Labor Relations Board. Notwithstanding any restrictions set forth in this Agreement, Recipient is not required to obtain authorization from the Company prior to disclosing information to, or communicating with, such agencies, nor is Recipient obligated to advise the Company as to any such disclosures or communications. Notwithstanding, in making any such disclosures or communications, Recipient shall take all reasonable precautions to prevent any unauthorized use or disclosure of any information that may constitute Company Confidential Information to any parties other than the relevant government agencies. “Protected Activity” does not include the disclosure of any Company attorney-client privileged communications, and that any such disclosure without the Company’s written consent shall constitute a material breach of this Agreement.

Protected Activities a. The Parties acknowledge and agree that nothing in this Agreement or any other agreement you may have with the Company shall prohibit or restrict you from (i) voluntarily communicating with an attorney retained by you, (ii) voluntarily communicating with or testifying before any law enforcement or government agency, including the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the New York State Division of Human rights, the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, or any other federal, state or local commission on human rights, or any self-regulatory organization, or otherwise initiating, assisting with, or participating in any manner with an investigation conducted by such government agency, in each case, regarding possible violations of law and without advance notice to the Company, (iii) recovering a SEC whistleblower award as provided under Section 21F of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, (iv) disclosing any information (including, without limitation, confidential information) to a court or other administrative or legislative body in response to any subpoena provided that you first promptly notify (to the extent legally permissible) the Company and, with respect to any subpoena on behalf of any non-governmental person or entity, use commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with any effort by the Company to seek to challenge the subpoena on behalf of any non-governmental person or entity or obtain a protective order limiting its disclosure, or other appropriate remedy, (v) filing or disclosing any facts necessary to receive unemployment insurance, Medicaid or other public benefits to which you are entitled, (vi) engaging in communications or activities protected by Section 7 of the National Labor Relations Act, or (vii) disclosing the underlying facts or circumstances relating to claims of discrimination, retaliation or harassment against the Company; provided however, that you represent and affirm that you are not aware of any facts or circumstances (including any injuries or illnesses) related to any claims against the Released Parties concerning discrimination, harassment, retaliation, or workers’ compensation. b. Additionally, you are hereby notified, in accordance with the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b), that you will not be held criminally or civilly liable under any federal or state trade secret law for the disclosure of a trade secret of the Company that (x) is mad...

Protected Activities. The Union and the Board will not discriminate against any Bargaining Unit Employee because of Union membership or non-membership, or because the Bargaining Unit Employee is acting as a representative of the Union or its Bargaining Unit Employees pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement.