Common use of Voluntary Release Clause in Contracts

Voluntary Release. In return for the benefits set forth in the Severance Agreement, the Employee, on behalf of Employee, Employee’s heirs, executors, family members, beneficiaries, assignees, administrators, successors, and executors or anyone acting or claiming to act on the Employee’s behalf, hereby releases and forever discharges the Company and all divisions, parent, subsidiaries, and successors, and all affiliated organizations, companies, foundations, and other corporations as well as past and present employees, agents, officials, officers, directors, Board members and representatives, both individually and in their representative capacities, from any and all claims or causes of action of any type, both known or unknown, asserted and unasserted, direct and indirect, and of any kind, nature, or description whatsoever, under any local, state, or federal law(s), or the common law of the State of Minnesota, arising or such may have arisen at any time up to and including the Effective Date which date is set forth in Section I of this Agreement. This includes, but is not limited to, any and all claims arising from the Employee’s employment with the Company and the termination of that employment, including claims arising under any applicable state Human Rights laws, Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Federal, Minnesota State Fair Labor Standards Acts, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, and any other local, state, or federal law(s) relating to illegal discrimination in the workplace on the basis of race, religion, disability, sex, age, or other characteristics or traits, as well as any claims that the Employee may have been wrongfully discharged, that an employment contract has been breached, that the Employee has been harassed or otherwise treated unfairly during employment, or that the Employee has been defamed in any fashion. This release includes any claims for attorneys’ fees that the Employee has or may have had. The Employee acknowledges that the severance benefits set forth the Severance Agreement constitute adequate consideration for this release. The Employee also understands that while the Employee retains the right to pursue an administrative action through an agency such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or the Minnesota Department of Human Rights, the Employee is releasing, and does hereby release, any claims for monetary damages, by such administrative charge or otherwise, whether brought by the Employee on the Employee’s own behalf or by any other party, governmental or otherwise.

Voluntary Release. In return for the benefits set forth in the Severance Agreement, the Employee, on behalf of Employee, Employee’s 's heirs, executors, family members, beneficiaries, assignees, administrators, successors, and executors or anyone acting or claiming to act on the Employee’s 's behalf, hereby releases and forever discharges the Company and all divisions, parent, subsidiaries, and successors, and all affiliated organizations, companies, foundations, and other corporations as well as past and present employees, agents, officials, officers, directors, Board members and representatives, both individually and in their representative capacities, from any and all claims or causes of action of any type, both known or unknown, asserted and unasserted, direct and indirect, and of any kind, nature, or description whatsoever, under any local, state, or federal law(s), or the common law of the State of Minnesota, arising or such may have arisen at any time up to and including the Effective Date which date is set forth in Section I of this Agreement. This includes, but is not limited to, any and all claims arising from the Employee’s 's employment with the Company and the termination of that employment, including claims arising under any applicable state Human Rights laws, Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Federal, Minnesota State Fair Labor Standards Acts, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, and any other local, state, or federal law(s) relating to illegal discrimination in the workplace on the basis of race, religion, disability, sex, age, or other characteristics or traits, as well as any claims that the Employee may have been wrongfully discharged, that an employment contract has been breached, that the Employee has been harassed or otherwise treated unfairly during employment, or that the Employee has been defamed in any fashion. This release includes any claims for attorneys’ ' fees that the Employee has or may have had. The Employee acknowledges that the severance benefits set forth the Severance Agreement constitute adequate consideration for this release. The Employee also understands that while the Employee retains the right to pursue an administrative action through an agency such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission or the Minnesota Department of Human Rights, the Employee is releasing, and does hereby release, any claims for monetary damages, by such administrative charge or otherwise, whether brought by the Employee on the Employee’s 's own behalf or by any other party, governmental or otherwise.