Common use of Release of Known and Unknown Claims By Executive Clause in Contracts

Release of Known and Unknown Claims By Executive. In exchange for the payments and agreements contained in Section 5.2 of the Employment Agreement, Executive agrees to unconditionally and forever release and discharge the Company and the Company’s affiliated, related, parent and subsidiary corporations, as well as the Company’s and any affiliated, related, parent and subsidiary corporation’s respective attorneys, agents, representatives, partners, joint venturers, successors, assigns, insurers, owners, employees, officers, and directors (hereinafter the “Releasees”) from any and all claims, actions, causes of action, demands, rights, or damages of any kind or nature (hereinafter called “Claims”) which he may now have, or ever have, whether known or unknown, of any nature arising out of or in any way relating to his employment with, or separation from the Company on or before the date of the execution of this Release; any alleged breach of any express or implied contract of employment; any alleged torts or other alleged legal restrictions on Releasees’ right to terminate the employment of Executive; and any alleged violation of any federal, state or local statute or ordinance including, without limitation, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination In Employment Act, the Americans With Disabilities Act, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act, the California Equal Pay Law, the Xxxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxxx Family Rights Act of 1991, the California Labor Code, the California WARN Act, the California False Claims Act and the California Corporate Criminal Liability Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Release shall not operate to release any rights or claims of Executive (i) to payments or benefits under Section 5.2 of the Employment Agreement, (ii) to accrued or vested benefits Executive may have, if any, as of the date hereof under any applicable plan, policy, practice, program, contract or agreement with the Company, (iii) to any Claims, including claims for indemnification and/or advancement of expenses arising under any indemnification agreement between Executive and the Company or under the bylaws, certificate of incorporation or other similar governing document of the Company, or (iv) to any Claims which cannot be waived by an employee under applicable law.

Appears in 4 contracts

Samples: Employment Agreement, Employment Agreement (Littelfuse Inc /De), Executive Employment Agreement (Ixys Corp /De/)

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