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EMPLOYMENT
AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT
dated as of “date” by and between “Company Name”, a “state” Limit
Liability Company (“LLC”), with its principal office located “Address of
Office” (the "Employer") and (name of employee), r (the
"Employee").
W
I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS,
the Employer desires to employ and retain the services of the Employee;
WHEREAS,
the Employee represents and warrants to the Employer that he has the
qualifications and experience necessary to effectively perform the
responsibilities, and assist the Employer, as contemplated by this Agreement;
WHEREAS,
the Employee desires to devote his full time and attention to the business of
the Employer; and
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants of the parties which are
hereinafter set forth and for other good and valuable consideration, receipt of
which is hereby acknowledged,
IT
IS AGREED:
Recitals Adopted.
The parties hereto adopt as part of this Agreement each of the recitals which
are contained above in the WHEREAS clauses, and agree that such recitals shall
be binding upon the parties hereto by way of contract and not merely by way of
recital or inducement; and such clauses are hereby confirmed and ratified as
being true and accurate by
each
party as to itself and himself.
2.
Employment. The Employer shall employ the Employee as
(title) (the "Position"). The Employee accepts such employment
upon the terms and conditions which are hereinafter set forth.
3. Duties.
The Employee shall report to (and shall have only such authority as shall be
granted to him by) the Employer’s Lead Developer, President and/or Chief
Executive Officer. The Employee shall perform such duties as may be
assigned by the Employer’s, President and/or Chief Executive Officer or other
Senior Person(s) at the direction of the Chief Executive or President,
provided such duties are commensurate with his Position. Such duties to
be performed by the Employee shall include, but shall not be limited to, the
duties set forth in Exhibit "A", which is annexed hereto and made a
part hereof.
4. Location/Office
Space. The Employee’s services shall be performed at such location or
locations in the United States as may be determined by the Employer from time
to time, in its sole and absolute discretion including, but not limited to, the
Employee's residence (from time to time). . The Employer shall provide,
at its expense, such office space, equipment and furniture and support staff as
the Employer shall, in its sole and absolute discretion, determine is required
for the performance of the Employee’s duties. Any equipment, including,
but not limited to, office and computer equipment and software which is
purchased or provided by the Employer for the benefit, and/or use, of the
Employee shall at all times remain the property of the Employer and shall be
returned to the Employer upon the termination of the Employee, pursuant to
Article “13” of this Agreement, and shall be in good working order and
operating condition and repair upon such return subject to reasonable wear and
tear in the course of the equipment’s intended and reasonable usage.
5. Term.
The term of this Agreement shall commence as of “starting date” and, unless
sooner terminated as hereinafter provided, shall continue for a period of one
(1) year until “termination date” (the “Term”). The Term of this
Agreement and the Employee's employment shall automatically terminate upon the
date of the death of the Employee or upon the date of the Total Disability (as
defined in Article "12" of this Agreement) of the Employee, and the
Employer shall have the right to terminate the Employee's employment for Cause
(as defined in Article "13" of this Agreement). The Employer
shall also have the right to terminate the Employee's employment without cause
(as defined in Article "13" of this Agreement) upon thirty (30) days
prior written notice (the “Termination Notice”), pursuant to paragraph
"C" of Article "24" of this Agreement. Such
termination of the Employee's employment shall not constitute a breach of this
Agreement by the Employer and the Employer's sole obligation to the Employee
shall be to provide Severance Compensation to the Employee as defined in
paragraph “D” of article “6”.The Employee shall have the right to resign his
position under this Agreement if he gives the Employer at least three months
notice of his intention to do so in writing pursuant to Paragraph “C” of
Article “24” of this Agreement. Such resignation of the Employee's employment
shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement by the Employee. The
Employee shall also have the right to resign his position pursuant to this
Agreement without giving notice if Compensation due under this Agreement is not
paid (as provided in Article “6” of this Agreement). Such resignation of the
Employee's employment shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement by the
Employee.
6. Compensation.
A. Base
Salary. The Employee shall be entitled to compensation at the rate of
“annual salary” ($,) dollars per annum. The Base Salary will be paid at
least monthly and if such salary or
any Incentive Bonus Compensation
is intentionally not paid by the Employer to the Employee, then the Employee
has the right to resign his position pursuant to this Agreement without giving
notice. Base Salary will be deemed to be not paid if it is not paid
within two weeks after the end of each month; provided, however that the
Employer’s failure to pay the Employee, is not caused by circumstances beyond
the Employer’s control.
B. Restricted
Stock. The Employer may grant shares of restricted stock or stock
options or other equity based bonus to (the “Restricted Stock”) to the Employee.
The terms of the Restricted Stock, including the basis on which such shares of
Restricted Stock will become vested, are to be determined at the sole
discretion of the Employer. Terms of Restricted Stock grants, if any such
grants are made will be contained in the Restricted Stock Purchase Agreement
which shall be executed by the Employer and the Employee as such time as
Employer executes such grants or otherwise provides for Equity based bonus
incentives for the Employee. If Employer splits its stock before such
shares of Restricted Stock are issued to Employee, the number of shares to be
issued shall be adjusted accordingly.
C. Incentive
Bonus Compensation. The Employer agrees to provide the Employee, with
the following incentive based cash bonuses (the “Incentive Bonuses”) pursuant
to the following terms and conditions:
“Terms of Incentive
Bonus if applicable”
D. Discretionary
Bonus Compensation. In addition to the Incentive Bonuses, the Employer
may, at its sole discretion pay the Employee an annual bonus of cash or equity
in the Employer which is to be determined by the Employer on an annual basis
(“Annual Discretionary
Bonus”). The determination of any such Annual Discretionary Bonus shall
be in the Employer’s sole and absolute discretion, including the Employer’s
right to pay no Annual Discretionary Bonus.
E. Severance. Severance
Compensation is a payment of Base Salary not in exchange for services rendered,
but rather as compensation for being terminated without cause. The
Severance Pay to the Employee shall be equal to (A) one month’s Base Salary (as
defined in Article “6” of this Agreement) less (B) the amount of compensation
received by the Employee after the date of the Termination Notice to the date
of termination; provided, however, that Employee shall be paid for at least
thirty (30) days on which Employee shall not be required to provide services.
F. Relocation. If
it is necessary for the Employee to relocate from his present residence to any
other location the Employer shall reimburse the Employee for his relocation
expenses upon presentation of proper receipts; provided, however, that if the
distance of the relocation is less than one thousand (1,000) miles, the maximum
amount for which the Employer shall reimburse the Employee for such relocation
shall not exceed one thousand ($”amount”) dollars. If the distance of the
relocation is more than one thousand (1,000) miles, then the Employer will pay
all of the reasonable relocation expenses of the Employee without limit,
provided that such expenses are approved by the Employer in advance. The
Employer reserves the right to directly contract the Employee’s moving services
provider. For this purpose, relocation expenses shall not include any
costs of disposition of Employee’s existing home.
G. Housing
Expenses. If the Employee is required by the Employer to perform services
at a location or locations other than the location for which the Employee is
entitled to receive relocation expenses pursuant to Paragraph "F" of
this Article "6" of
this Agreement, the Employer
shall provide and pay for housing accommodations in such location or locations,
as is or are reasonably necessary, as determined by the Employer, in its sole
and absolute discretion, for the Employee for a period not to exceed one
hundred twenty (120) days only if the Employer does not maintain an office in
such location or locations.
7. Benefits.
The compensation which is provided for herein shall be in addition to any
retirement, profit sharing, stock option, life insurance, health and accident
insurance, hospital insurance or similar benefit program of the Employer in
which the Employee is entitled to participate, if any, in accordance with the
terms of such benefits, whether such benefits are now in effect or are
hereafter instituted. The Employer is not obligated to provide any
benefit which is now or may hereafter be put into effect.
8. Expenses.
The Employer shall, upon presentation of proper receipts or payment vouchers,
pay for, or reimburse the Employee for, all reasonable and necessary
pre-approved travel, entertainment and other out-of-pocket business expenses
which may be incurred by the Employee in the performance of his duties
hereunder, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Employer's expense
policy which shall be implemented. The Employee shall be required to
obtain prior written approval or prior approval by electronic mail (email) of
all single expenses in excess of “amount” ($) dollars or monthly expenses in
aggregate of “amount” ($) dollars, and Employee shall notify the Employer of
any additional expenses.
9. Sick
Leave and Vacation.
A. The
Employee shall be entitled to accrue one () day of paid sick leave, for each
“number of months of employment.
B. The
Employee shall be entitled to one (1) week of paid
vacation during the Term, at any
time, after the earlier of April 1, 2007 or at 30 days after the Operational
Date of the Web Site. Such vacation shall be taken at a time approved in
advance by the Employer upon reasonable notice from the Employee, which
approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. During such vacation, the
Employee shall maintain telephone and email contact with the Employer and shall
call the Employer at least once each day unless otherwise agreed by the
Employer.
10. Life
Insurance.
A. The
Employer may, in its discretion, at any time after the execution of this
Agreement and at its sole cost and expense, apply for and procure as owner and
for its own benefit, insurance on the life of the Employee, in such amounts and
in such form or forms as the Employer may choose. The Employee shall have
no interest whatsoever in any such policy or policies.
B. The
Employee shall, whether in connection with an application for an insurance
policy, at the request of the Employer, submit to such medical examinations,
supply such information and execute such documents as may be reasonably
required by the insurance company or companies to whom the Employer has applied
for such insurance or which the Employer may otherwise request. The
results of any such medical examination may be used by the Employer as grounds
for termination of the Employee if such examination reflects any usage of
illegal substances.
11. Employee
Covenants. The Employee covenants and agrees that, except as
specifically approved by a resolution of the Board of Directors of the
Employer, he shall devote all of his working time and give his best endeavors,
energies and skills to the discharge of his duties hereunder and he shall not,
as long as he is in the employ of the Employer, perform services for any
business, or engage in any other business activity, including but not limited
to, as an employee, agent,
partner, associate, joint venturer, consultant, independent contractor or
investor. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article
“11" of this Agreement, the Employee may engage in the following if such
engagement does not interfere with the performance of his duties pursuant to
this Agreement: (i) make and supervise passive investments in businesses which
do not in any manner compete with the Employer and which investments are equal
to no more than a three (3%) percent interest in any such business, (ii) own
shares of any publicly held corporation which does not in any manner compete
with the Employer and which shares are equal to no more than three (3%) percent
of the issued and outstanding shares of such corporation, or (iii) own shares
of a publicly-held corporation which does compete with the Employer, which
shares (a) are equal to no more than one (1%) percent of the issued and
outstanding shares of such corporation, and (b) have a value equal to no more
than one (1%) percent of the Employee’s net worth.
12. Total
Disability. For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Total
Disability" shall mean the failure or inability of the Employee for
reasons of health to perform his usual and customary duties on behalf of the
Employer in the usual and customary manner for a total of more than twenty (20)
business days (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays, as specified below in
this Article "12" of this Agreement) during the Term. The term
"Holidays" shall include New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence
Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, the day after Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day
and any other weekday upon which banks are closed in New York State. In
such event, Total Disability shall be deemed to have occurred on the
twenty-first (21st) such business day that the Employee shall fail or be unable
to perform his usual and customary duties on behalf of the Employer in the
usual and customary manner. Until the date upon which Total Disability shall
have occurred, the Employee's compensation and status as an Employee under this
Agreement
shall continue. Upon the
date which Total Disability shall have occurred, the Employee’s status as an
Employee under this Agreement shall terminate. Such termination of the
Employee's employment shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement by the
Employer and the Employer's sole obligation to the Employee shall be to pay the
Employee the amount of any compensation accrued under this Agreement through
date of termination. If the parties are unable to agree with respect to
any question relating to Total Disability including, but not limited to, the
following: (i) whether the Employee is Totally Disabled, (ii) the date
upon which the disability of the Employee commenced or (iii) the date upon
which either the disability of the Employee terminated or the Total Disability
occurred, then such dispute shall be determined by arbitration in accordance
with Paragraph "D" of Article "23" of this Agreement.
13. Cause.
For purposes of this Agreement, the term "Cause" shall include: (i)
willful malfeasance or gross negligence; (ii) the Employee's fraud,
misappropriation or embezzlement; (iii) the Employee’s failure to perform such
duties which are assigned to him by the Employer’s President, Chief Executive
Officer or Lead Programmer; or other designated supervisory person (iv) the
Employee's default, violation of, or failure to perform any provision of this
Agreement, including, but not limited to, Articles "15", "16"
and "17" of this Agreement. The Employer may terminate this
Agreement and the Employee's employment for Cause upon notice to the Employee,
which notice shall state the cause for termination and the date of termination
which, at the Employer's election, may be effective immediately. Such
termination of the Employee's employment shall not constitute a breach of this
Agreement by the Employer and the Employer's sole obligation to the Employee
shall be to pay the Employee the amount of any compensation then due to the
Employee through the date of termination. Such termination shall not
require payment of Severance Compensation as defined in paragraph “D” of
article
“6”.
14. Death
of Employee. If the Employee dies during the Term hereof, there shall
be paid to the executor or administrator of the Employee’s estate the sum of
(A) any unpaid base compensation through the date of his death, and (B) such
other amounts, if any, under such benefit or other plans or programs of the
Employer, if any, as may be provided generally for other similarly situated
senior executives (and not pursuant to agreements with specific senior
executives) of the Employer in the event of their deaths.
15. Confidential
Information; Non-Disclosure.
A. As
used in this Agreement, “Confidential Information” means information which is
presented to the Employee by the Employer or developed, conceived or created by
the Employer, or disclosed to the Employee or known by or conceived or created
by the Employee during the term of the Employee's employment by the Employer,
with respect to the Employer, its business or any of its products, processes,
and other services relating thereto relating to the past, present or future
business of the Employer or any plans therefore, or relating to the past,
present or future business of a third party or plans therefore which are
disclosed to the Employee. Confidential Information includes, but is not
limited to, all documentation, hardware and software relating thereto, and information
and data in written, electronic, graphic and/or machine readable form,
products, processes and services, whether or not patentable, trademarkable or
copyrightable or otherwise protectable, including, but not limited to,
information with respect to discoveries; know-how; ideas; computer programs,
source codes and object codes; designs; algorithms; processes and structures;
product information; marketing information; price lists; cost information;
product contents and formulae; manufacturing and production techniques and
methods; research and development information; lists of clients and vendors and
other information
relating thereto; financial data
and information; business plans and processes; documentation with respect to
any of the foregoing; and any other information of the Employer that the
Employer informs the Employee or the Employee should know, by virtue of his
position or the circumstances in which the Employee learned such other
information, is to be kept confidential including, but not limited to, any
information acquired by the Employee from any sources prior to the commencement
of the Employee's employment by the Employer. Confidential Information
also includes similar information obtained by the Employer in confidence from
its vendors, licensors, licensees, customers, employees and/or clients.
Confidential Information may or may not be labeled as confidential.
B. Except
as required in the performance of the Employee's duties as an employee, the
Employee will not, during or after his employment, directly or indirectly, use
any Confidential Information or disseminate or disclose any Confidential
Information to any person, firm, and corporation, member of the press,
association or other entity. The Employee shall take all reasonable
measures to protect Confidential Information from any accidental, unauthorized
or premature use, disclosure or destruction. The employee will be responsible
for, and required to sufficiently encrypt and otherwise protect, any
information contained on any Laptop computer or any removable drives or backup
devices that the Employee may use either inside or outside of the Employer’s
office. The foregoing prohibition shall not apply to any Confidential
Information which: (i) was generally available to the public prior to such
disclosure; (ii) becomes publicly available through no act or omission of the
Employee, (iii) is disclosed as reasonably required in a proceeding to enforce
the Employee's rights under this Agreement or (iv) is disclosed as required by court
order or applicable law.
C. Upon
termination of the Employee's employment with
the Employer for any reason or at
any time upon request of the Employer, the Employee agrees to deliver to the
Employer all materials of any nature which are in the Employee's possession or
control and which are or contain Confidential Information, Work Product or Work
Products (hereinafter defined), or which are otherwise the property of the
Employer or any vendor, licensor, licensee, customer or client of the Employer,
including, but not limited to writings, designs, documents, records, data,
memoranda, tapes and disks containing software, computer source code listings,
routines, file layouts, record layouts, system design information, models,
manuals, documentation and notes.
D. All
ideas, inventions, discoveries or improvements, whether patentable or not,
conceived by the Employee (alone or with others) during the term of the
Employee's employment by the Employer (“Work Products”) shall be the exclusive
property of and assigned to the Employer or as the Employer may direct without
compensation to the Employee. Any records with respect to the foregoing
shall be the sole and exclusive property of the Employer and the Employee shall
surrender possession of such records to the Employer upon any suspension or
termination of his employment with the Employer. Any Work Product shall
be deemed incorporated in the definition of Confidential Information for all
purposes hereunder.
E. The
Employee will not assert any rights with respect to the Employer, its business,
or any of its products, processes and other services relating thereto, Work
Product or any Confidential Information as having been acquired or known by the
Employee prior to the commencement of the Employee's employment with the
Employer.
16. Employee’s
Work Product
A. The
Employee represents and warrants to the Employer
that all work that the Employee
performs, for or on behalf of the Employer and its clients, and all work
product that the Employee produces, including, but not limited to, software,
documentation, memoranda, ideas, designs, inventions, processes, algorithms,
etc. (Also “Work Product”) will not knowingly infringe upon or violate
any patent, copyright, trade secret or other property right of any of the
Employee's former employers or of any other third party. Further, the
Employee will not disclose to the Employer or use in any of the Employee's Work
Product any confidential or proprietary information belonging to others, unless
both the owner thereof and the Employer have consented to such disclosure and
usage.
B. The
Employee will promptly disclose to the Employer all Work Products developed by
the Employee within the scope of his employment with the Employer or which
relate directly to, or involve the use of, any Confidential Information
including, but not limited to, all software, concepts, ideas and designs, and
all documentation, manuals, letters, pamphlets, drafts, memoranda and other
documents, writings or tangible things of any kind.
C. The
Employee acknowledges and agrees that all copyrightable Work Products prepared
by the Employee within the scope of the Employee's employment with the Employer
are “works made for hire” and, consequently, that the Employer owns all
copyrights thereto.
D. The
Employee hereby assigns, transfers and conveys to the Employer, without
additional consideration, all of his other rights, title and interest
(including, but not limited to, all patent, copyright and trade secret rights)
in and to all Work Products prepared by the Employee, whether patentable or
not, made or conceived, in whole or in part, by the Employee within the scope
of the Employee's employment by the Employer, or that relate directly to, or
involve the use of, Confidential Information.
E. The
Employee will, without additional compensation, execute all assignments, oaths,
declarations and other documents requested by the Employer to effect and
further evidence the foregoing assignment, transfer and conveyance, and agree
to provide all reasonable assistance to the Employer (at the Employer’s
expense) to provide all information, documentation and assistance to the
Employer in perfecting, enforcing, defending or protecting any or all of the
Employer’s rights in all Work Product.
17. Restrictive
Covenants.
A. During
the Term of the Employee’s employment by the Employer, and for a period of
three (3) years following the termination of his employment (whenever, however
and by whomever such termination is caused), Employee will not (i) induce or
attempt to induce any customer or client of the Employer to reduce such
customers or client's business with the Employer; (ii) solicit or attempt to induce
any of the Employer’s employees to leave the employment of the Employer; (iii)
induce or attempt to induce any of the Employer’s suppliers or vendors to
reduce the business which they do with the Employer; or (iv) take any other
action prejudicial to the Employer or its business affairs or interests.
B. For
a period of one (2) years following the end of the Term (notwithstanding the
earlier termination of this Agreement), the Employee will not, anywhere in the
United States, Canada and Mexico, directly or indirectly, own, manage, join,
control, be employed by, or participate in the ownership (other than the
ownership of shares of a publicly-held corporation, which shares (a) are equal
to no more than one (1%) percent of the issued and outstanding shares of such
corporation, and (b) have a value equal to no more than three (3%) percent of
the Employee’s net worth), operation or control of, or be connected in any
manner with, any
corporation or other entity
engaged in any business which is “competitive” with the business of the
Company, whether for his own account or as an employee of any other person,
firm or corporation. A business shall be deemed “competitive” with the
business of the Company if a material part of its activities consist of Web
based services which facilitate online dispute resolution or independent or
third-party billing or collection services.
C. The
restrictions which are contained in this Article "17" of this
Agreement shall apply to all locations anywhere in the United States, Canada
and Mexico, Europe and Asia. Employee hereby acknowledges and agrees that
the Employer plans to carry on substantial business throughout the United
States, Canada and Mexico, Europe and Asia.
18. Representations
of the Employee. The Employee represents warrants and covenants to the
Employer as follows:
A. The
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement does not violate any
agreement or undertaking to which the Employee is a party or by which the Employee
may be bound and shall not result in the imposition of any restrictions or
obligations upon the Employee other than the restrictions and obligations
created by this Agreement.
B. The
Employee has the full right, power and legal capacity to enter into this
Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.
Employee knows of no agreements or contracts, whether written or oral, which
would prevent him from entering into this Agreement and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby.
C. The
Employee has not entered into and is not subject to any agreement, including,
but not limited, to any employment, non-compete, confidentiality or work
product agreement which
would (i) prohibit the execution
of this Agreement, (ii) prohibit his employment by the Employer or (iii) affect
any of the provisions of, or his obligations pursuant to, this Agreement.
D. If,
during the Term, any event occurs or any event known to the Employee relating
to or affecting the Employee shall occur as a result of which this Article
"18" of this Agreement at that time shall include an untrue statement
of a fact, or omit to state any fact necessary to make the statements herein,
in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the
Employee will immediately notify the Employer pursuant to Paragraph
"C" of Article "24" of this Agreement.
E. All
representations, warranties and covenants made in or in connection with this
Agreement shall continue in full force and effect during the Term of this
Agreement, it being agreed and understood that each of such representations,
warranties and covenants is of the essence of this Agreement and the same shall
be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, their
successors and assigns.
F. It
shall not be a defense to a suit for damages for any misrepresentation or
breach of covenant or warranty that the Employer knew or had reason to know
that any representation, warranty or covenant in this Agreement or furnished or
to be furnished to the Employer contained untrue statements.
G. No
representation or warranty of the Employee which is contained in this
Agreement, or in a writing furnished or to be furnished pursuant to this
Agreement contains or shall contain any untrue statement of a material fact,
omits or shall omit to state any material fact which is required to make the
statements which are contained herein or therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading.
19. Reasonableness
of Restrictions. Employee agrees that the duration, scope and
geographic area for which the provisions set forth in this Agreement are to be
effective are reasonable. If any court of competent jurisdiction
determines that any provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable by
reason of such provision extending the covenants and agreements contained
herein for too great a period of time or over too great a geographical area, or
by reason of its being too extensive in any other respect, such agreement or
covenant shall be interpreted to extend only over the maximum period of time
and geographical area, and to the maximum extent in all other respects, as to
which it is valid and enforceable, all as determined by such court in such
action. Any determination that any provision of this Agreement is invalid
or unenforceable, in whole or in part, shall have no effect on the validity or
enforceability of any remaining provision of this Agreement.
20.
Non-Exclusive. Any period of time set forth in this
Agreement shall not be construed to permit the Employee to engage in any of the
prohibited acts set forth in this Agreement after such period if such acts
would otherwise be prohibited by any applicable statute or legal
precedent.
21. Equitable
Relief. Employee acknowledges that the services to be rendered by the
Employee hereunder are of a special character which gives them a peculiar
value, the loss of which cannot be reasonably or adequately compensated in
damages in an action at law. Furthermore, a breach by the Employee of any
of the provisions contained herein, including, but not limited to, the
provisions contained in Articles "15", "16", "17"
and "18" of this Agreement, will cause the Employer irreparable
injury and harm. The Employee expressly agrees that, notwithstanding
anything which is contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Employer
shall be entitled to injunctive or other equitable relief to prevent the Employee's
breach or anticipated breach of this Agreement,
including, but not limited to,
the Employee's breach of the provisions contained in Articles "15",
"16", "17" and "18" of this Agreement.
Resort to such equitable relief, however, shall not be construed to be a waiver
of any other rights or remedies which the Employer may have for damages or
otherwise.
22. Employer.
As used in this Agreement, "Employer" shall mean “name of employer’s
company”, its successors and assigns, and any of its present or future
subsidiaries or organizations controlled by it.
23. Construction. Each
of the parties hereto hereby further acknowledges and agrees that each has had
significant input in the development of this Agreement and this Agreement shall
not, therefore, be construed more strictly against any party responsible for
its drafting regardless of any presumption or rule requiring construction
against the party who drafted this Agreement.
24. Miscellaneous.
A.
Headings. The headings contained in this Agreement are for
reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or
interpretation of this Agreement.
B.
Enforceability. If any provision which is contained in this
Agreement should, for any reason, be held to be invalid or unenforceable in any
respect under the laws of any State of the United States, such invalidity or
unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement.
Instead, this Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid or unenforceable
provisions had not been contained herein.
C.
Notices. Any notice or other communication required or
permitted hereunder must be in writing and sent by either (i) certified mail,
postage prepaid, return receipt requested and First Class mail, (ii) overnight
delivery with confirmation of delivery, or
(iii) facsimile transmission with
an original mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed as follows:
To
the Employer: “Address of Employer”
To
the Employee:
“Address of
Empolyee”
or in each case to such other
address and facsimile number as shall have last been furnished by like
notice. If mailing is impossible due to an absence of postal service, and
the other methods of sending notice set forth in this Paragraph “C” of this
Article "24" of this Agreement are not otherwise available, notice
shall be hand-delivered to the aforesaid addresses. Each notice or
communication shall be deemed to have been given as of the date so mailed or delivered,
as the case may be; provided, however, that any notice sent by facsimile shall
be deemed to have been given as of the date sent by facsimile if a copy of such
notice is also mailed by first class mail on the date sent by facsimile; if the
date of mailing is not the same as the date of sending by facsimile, then the
date of mailing by first class mail shall be deemed to be the date upon which
notice was given.
D.
Governing Law. This Agreement shall in all respects be
construed, governed, applied and enforced in accordance with the internal laws
of the State of “State” without giving effect to the conflict of laws rules and
be deemed to be an agreement made under the laws of and entered into in the
State of “State”. Except as otherwise provided in Article "21"
of this Agreement, the parties agree that they shall be deemed to have agreed
to binding arbitration in “State”, with respect to the entire subject matter of
any and all disputes relating to or arising under this Agreement including, but
not limited to, the specific matters or disputes as to which arbitration has
been expressly provided for by other
provisions of this Agreement. Any such arbitration
shall be by a panel of three arbitrators and pursuant to the rules then obtaining
of the American Arbitration Association. The parties may agree in writing
to conduct any arbitration in another location or forum by their mutual
consent. In all arbitrations, judgment upon the arbitration award may be
entered in any court having jurisdiction. The parties specifically designate
the Courts in the County of “County and State” as properly having jurisdiction
for any proceeding to confirm and enter judgment upon any such arbitration
award. The parties hereby consent to and submit to personal jurisdiction over
each of them by the Courts of the State of “State” in any action or proceeding,
waive personal service of any and all process and specifically consent that in
any such action or proceeding, any service of process may be effectuated upon
any of them by certified mail, return receipt requested, in accordance with
Paragraph "C" of this Article "24" of this Agreement.
The parties agree, further, that the prevailing party in any such arbitration
as determined by the arbitrators shall be entitled to such costs and attorney's
fees, if any, in connection with such arbitration as may be awarded by the
arbitrators; provided, however, that if a proceeding is commenced to confirm
and enter a judgment thereon by the Courts of the State of “State” and such
application is denied, no such costs or attorneys fees shall be paid. In
connection with the arbitrators' determination for this purpose of which party,
if any, is the prevailing party, they shall take into account all of the facts
and circumstances including, without limitation, the relief sought, and by
whom, and the relief, if any, awarded, and to whom. In addition, and
notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, a party shall not be deemed to be the
prevailing party unless the amount of the arbitration award is greater than one
hundred and fifteen (115%) percent of the amount offered in writing by the
other party prior to the commencement of the arbitration proceeding. For
example, if the party initiating the arbitration ("A") seeks an award
of $100,000 plus costs and expenses, the other party ("B") has
offered A $50,000 prior to the
commencement of the arbitration
proceeding, and the arbitration panel awards any amount less than $57,500 to A,
the panel should determine that B has "prevailed".
E. Entire
Agreement. The parties have not made any representations, warranties
or covenants with respect to the subject matter hereof which is not set forth
herein, and this Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between them with
respect to the subject matter hereof. All understandings and agreements
heretofore had between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof
are merged in this Agreement which alone fully and completely expresses their
agreement. This Agreement may not be changed, modified, extended,
terminated or discharged orally, but only by an Agreement in writing, which is
signed by all of the parties to this Agreement.
F. Further
Assurances. The parties agree to execute any and all such other
further instruments and documents, and to take any and all such further actions
which are reasonably required to consummate, evidence, confirm or effectuate
this Agreement and the intents and purposes hereof.
G. Binding
Agreement. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the parties hereto and their heirs, executors, administrators,
personal representatives, successors and assigns.
H. Waiver.
Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, no waiver of any covenant, condition,
or provision of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been made unless
expressly in writing and signed by the party against whom such waiver is
charged; and (i) the failure of any party to insist in any one or more cases
upon the performance of any of the provisions, covenants or conditions of this
Agreement or to exercise any option herein contained shall not be construed as
a waiver or relinquishment for
the future of any such
provisions, covenants or conditions, (ii) the acceptance of performance of
anything required by this Agreement to be performed with knowledge of the
breach or failure of a covenant, condition or provision hereof shall not be
deemed a waiver of such breach or failure, and (iii) no waiver by any party of
one breach by another party shall be construed as a waiver with respect to any
other breach of this Agreement.
I. Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed simultaneously in one or more counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute
one and the same instrument.
[SIGNATURES
ON FOLLOWING PAGE]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties to this Agreement have
set their hands and seals or caused these presents to be signed of the day and
year first above written.
BY
EMPLOYEE:
_________________________
Name:
Position:
BY EMPLOYER:
_________________________
”COMPANY”
Name: ”Officer”
Title: President
and CEO
EXHIBIT
A
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