Use of Affiliated Companies and Subcontractors In connection with the services to be provided by Manager under this Agreement, Manager may, to the extent it deems appropriate, and subject to compliance with the requirements of applicable laws and regulations, make use of (i) its affiliated companies and their directors, trustees, officers, and employees and (ii) subcontractors selected by Manager, provided that Manager shall supervise and remain fully responsible for the services of all such third parties in accordance with and to the extent provided by this Agreement. All costs and expenses associated with services provided by any such third parties shall be borne by Manager or such parties.
Employees and Employee Benefit Plans The Purchaser does not (a) have any paid employees or (b) maintain, sponsor, contribute to or otherwise have any Liability under, any Benefit Plans.
Independent Contractor Benefits It is the express intention of the Company and Consultant that Consultant performs the Services as an independent contractor. Nothing in this Agreement shall in any way be construed to constitute Consultant as an employee or entitling Consultant to any of benefits otherwise provided to employees of the Company. Consultant acknowledges and agrees that Consultant is obligated to report as income all compensation received by Consultant pursuant to this Agreement. Consultant agrees to and acknowledges the obligation to pay all self-employment and other taxes on such income.
Employees and Independent Contractors Schedule 3.16 is a list of all of the employees of the Acquired Companies and (a) their titles or responsibilities; (b) their social security numbers; (c) their dates of hire; (d) their current salaries or wages and all bonuses, commissions and incentives paid at any time during the past twelve months; (e) their last compensation changes and the dates on which such changes were made; (f) any specific bonus, commission or incentive plans or agreements for or with them; and (g) any outstanding loans or advances made to them. Schedule 3.16 is a list of all sales representatives and independent subcontractors or contractors engaged by the Acquired Companies and (a) their payment arrangements (if not set forth in a Contract listed or described on Schedule 3.15); and (b) brief description of their jobs or projects currently in progress. Except as limited by any Contracts listed on Schedule 3.15 and except for any limitations of general application which may be imposed under applicable employment Laws, each of the Acquired Companies has the right to terminate the employment of each of its employees at will and to terminate the engagement of any of its independent contractors without payment to such employee or independent contractor other than for services rendered through termination and without incurring any penalty or liability other than liability for severance pay and benefits in accordance with such company's disclosed severance pay policy and benefits due terminated employees. Neither the Transactions, nor the termination of the employment of any employees of any of the Acquired Companies prior to or following the consummation of the Transactions could result in any of the Acquired Companies making or being required to make any "excess parachute payment" as that term is defined in Section 280G of the Code. To the knowledge of CTC, each of the Acquired Companies is in full compliance in all material respects with all Laws respecting employment practices. None of the Acquired Companies has ever been a party to or bound by any union, collective bargaining or similar Contract, nor is any such Contract currently in effect or being negotiated by or on behalf of any of the Acquired Companies. Since the respective incorporation or formation dates of each of the Acquired Companies, none of the Acquired Companies has experienced any labor problem that was or is material to it. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.16, each of the Acquired Companies' current and past employees has signed an employee or confidentiality agreement which contains certain restrictive covenants substantially in the form attached to Schedule 3.16. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.16, each of the Acquired Companies' current and past contractors or consultants has signed agreements with the Acquired Companies containing restrictions that protect the proprietary and confidential information of the Acquired Companies and vest in the Acquired Companies the full ownership of items developed by such contractor. Except as indicated on Schedule 3.16, since January 1, 2000, to the knowledge of CTC, no employee of any of the Acquired Companies having an annual salary of $50,000 or more has indicated an intention to terminate or has terminated his or her employment with such company. To the knowledge of CTC, the Transactions will not adversely affect relations with any material employee of the Acquired Companies.
Agreement not to Participate in Company’s Competitors During Executive’s employment with the Company, Executive agrees not to acquire, assume or participate in, directly or indirectly, any position, investment or interest known by Executive to be adverse or antagonistic to the Company, its business, or prospects, financial or otherwise, or in any company, person, or entity that is, directly or indirectly, in competition with the business of the Company or any of its Affiliates (as defined below). Ownership by Executive, in professionally managed funds over which the Executive does not have control or discretion in investment decisions, or as a passive investment, of less than two percent (2%) of the outstanding shares of capital stock of any corporation with one or more classes of its capital stock listed on a national securities exchange or publicly traded on a national securities exchange or in the over-the-counter market shall not constitute a breach of this Section. For purposes of this Agreement, “Affiliate,” means, with respect to any specific entity, any other entity that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such specified entity.
Exclusive Employment During employment with the Company, Executive will not do anything to compete with the Company’s present or contemplated business, nor will he plan or organize any competitive business activity. Executive will not enter into any agreement which conflicts with his duties or obligations to the Company. Executive will not during his employment or within one (1) year after it ends, without the Company’s express written consent, directly or indirectly, solicit or encourage any employee, agent, independent contractor, supplier, customer, consultant or any other person or company to terminate or alter a relationship with the Company.
Employees and Contractors The number of employees or contractors used by Operator in conducting operations hereunder, their selection, and the hours of labor and the compensation for services performed shall be determined by Operator, and all such employees or contractors shall be the employees or contractors of Operator.
No Duty to Seek Employment The Executive shall not be under any duty or obligation to seek or accept other employment following termination of employment, and no amount, payment or benefits due to the Executive hereunder shall be reduced or suspended if the Executive accepts subsequent employment, except as expressly set forth herein.
Employees and Employee Benefits (a) All Business Employees and the date of their employment, date of birth, annual salary, total compensation for the 2000 calendar year, Benefit Plan participation and election, job title, job location and the immediate supervisor of each of them as of the date of this Agreement are listed on Schedule 5.08. Schedule 5.08 also identifies each of the Business Employees who is a party to any contract or agreement with any of Sellers or Sellers' Affiliates, and each such employment contract or agreement which is in writing is included in Schedule 3.05B. Purchaser shall have the right, but not the obligation, to offer employment effective as of the Closing Date to any or none of the Business Employees as Purchaser chooses in its sole discretion. If Purchaser offers employment to any of the Business Employees effective as of the Closing Date pursuant to this Agreement, such offer shall be not less than the salary in effect for such Business Employee on the date of this Agreement and with benefits that are not less than those generally available to Purchasers' employees on the date of this Agreement. Sellers and Shareholders shall use commercially reasonable efforts to assist Purchaser in hiring Business Employees designated by Purchaser as Transferred Employees. Sellers and Shareholders shall not offer other employment to any Transferred Employee on or after the Closing Date without the prior written consent of Purchaser. Any severance obligations to Business Employees relating to the transactions contemplated hereby shall be borne solely by Sellers.
Use of Affiliates Each Party acknowledges and accepts that the other Party may exercise its rights and perform its obligations under this Agreement either directly or through one or more of its Affiliates. A Party’s Affiliates will have the benefit of all rights (including all licenses) of such Party under this Agreement. Accordingly, in this Agreement “Genzyme” will be interpreted to mean “Genzyme or its Affiliates” and “Voyager” will be interpreted to mean “Voyager or its Affiliates” where necessary to give each Party’s Affiliates the benefit of the rights provided to such Party in this Agreement; provided, however, that in any event each Party will remain responsible for the acts and omissions, including financial liabilities, of its Affiliates.
