[{"id":"1e705c23-e392-48b3-9662-895c9ab030ca","order":1,"text":"MUTUAL ARBITRATION AGREEMENT","fontSize":"20","textAlign":"center","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"5","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"4f80f6ee-4e15-4987-8054-9a88a1183266","order":2,"text":"WITH CLASS, COLLECTIVE AND REPRESENTATIVE ACTION WAIVER","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"center","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"25","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"b216f9da-62e5-47aa-aea6-60234c330d20","order":3,"text":"This Mutual Arbitration Agreement (this \"Agreement\") is made and entered into as of [Date of this Agreement], by and between [Company legal name], a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of [State of organization], with its principal place of business at [Company address] (the \"Company\"), and [Employee full name], an individual residing at [Employee address] (the \"Employee\").","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"f50a3c3e-8e4f-42ff-8c66-f3c9682c22f5","order":4,"text":"The Company and the Employee are each referred to in this Agreement as a \"Party\" and together as the \"Parties\".","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"20","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"69726351-5c43-4b57-9540-a22600fd40d4","order":5,"text":"RECITALS","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"abecda12-9d6c-4b76-9618-b90b7c10e9e0","order":6,"text":"The Parties wish to establish a fair, prompt, economical and private procedure for resolving employment-related disputes between them, without resort to litigation in court.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"a6912aaf-796a-4b14-bb8b-c48aeafc9d76","order":7,"text":"This Agreement, the Employee's employment and the business of the Company involve and affect interstate commerce, and this Agreement is therefore governed by the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. §§ 1–16 (the \"FAA\"), except as expressly stated below.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"c2c934bf-d92e-4ce0-8c2d-0b22e8be34a2","order":8,"text":"The obligation to arbitrate created by this Agreement is mutual: it binds the Company to precisely the same extent that it binds the Employee.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"dced285c-0ad8-423e-9eed-42620320da48","order":9,"text":"NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises set out below and of the consideration described in the Article entitled Purpose and Mutual Obligation to Arbitrate, the Parties agree as follows:","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"5b305b81-468a-456b-8b6e-60df6fe5f2b9","order":10,"text":"1. 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The Employee acknowledges that this consideration is good, valuable and sufficient.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"6fc49555-6172-40d3-93c7-2f85c39eaa6e","value":"newhire","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"376ffac1-11c6-4a90-8891-5918820ccd09","order":13,"text":"The Employee enters into this Agreement in consideration of the Employee's continued employment with the Company, of the compensation and benefits associated with that continued employment, and of the Company's own promise to be bound by this Agreement. The Employee acknowledges that continued employment after the date of this Agreement is good, valuable and sufficient consideration for it.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"6fc49555-6172-40d3-93c7-2f85c39eaa6e","value":"current","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"b837c89a-7809-4064-89c2-8ad0783869dc","order":14,"text":"The Company's promise to arbitrate is not illusory. The Company is bound to submit its own claims against the Employee to arbitration on the same terms, and may not amend, suspend, terminate or revoke this Agreement unilaterally, as provided in the Article entitled Entire Agreement; Amendment; Waiver; Assignment; Survival.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"24f2d094-84ab-4529-8173-b197f61cd794","order":15,"text":"By signing this Agreement, each Party knowingly and voluntarily waives the right to a trial by jury and the right to have Covered Claims decided by a court, subject to the exceptions stated in this Agreement.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"7997cb54-e876-4d22-9859-1e8eacf5fcaf","order":16,"text":"2. 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A reference to an \"Article\" is a reference to a numbered article of this Agreement identified by its heading; headings are for convenience only and do not affect the construction of this Agreement.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"96e36aa6-4a8f-429a-8b5f-74673b4734ad","order":18,"text":"\"Administrator\" means the American Arbitration Association (AAA), or any successor to it, and includes any substitute administrator agreed by the Parties in writing or appointed by a court of competent jurisdiction.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"fda97809-340e-495f-b979-7f9ac05addb1","order":19,"text":"\"Covered Claim\" has the meaning given in the Article entitled Claims Covered by This Agreement.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"2acb50f1-cb60-4146-98f2-266276a4965d","order":20,"text":"\"Excluded Claim\" has the meaning given in the Article entitled Claims Not Covered by This Agreement.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"617b00b8-96c8-4af8-80b5-f605ffca1975","order":21,"text":"\"Demand for Arbitration\" means the written demand by which a Party commences an arbitration with the Administrator.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"ca49e88c-e160-4ffc-9423-8deaf95cf72c","order":22,"text":"\"Rules\" means the employment arbitration rules and procedures of the Administrator in effect at the time a Demand for Arbitration is filed, together with the fee schedule and the minimum standards of procedural fairness that the Administrator applies to arbitrations arising out of employer-promulgated agreements.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"9158a1c4-6efc-4a2e-8cad-a4f147e0aede","order":23,"text":"\"EFAA\" means the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021, Pub. 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No. 117-90, codified at 9 U.S.C. §§ 401–402.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"b0d6181d-bac7-4b52-bbe9-c3d07cff09a9","order":24,"text":"\"Sexual Assault Dispute\" and \"Sexual Harassment Dispute\" have the meanings given to those terms in the EFAA.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"2c9c7817-a612-48f9-92d1-d863eb5cb985","order":25,"text":"\"Employment Relationship\" means the Employee's application for employment with the Company, the Employee's employment with the Company, and the termination of that employment, whenever any of them occurs.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"4033ccb1-55e1-4abc-a183-bac500c2274c","order":26,"text":"For the purposes of the Employee's obligation to arbitrate, \"Company\" also includes the Company's parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, and the officers, directors, members, managers, partners, employees, agents, benefit plans, benefit plan fiduciaries, insurers, successors and assigns of each of them, in each case solely in that capacity. Each of them is an intended third-party beneficiary of this Agreement and may enforce it.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"48dfdc8d-30d6-4e55-b70d-6ef0c9a05410","order":27,"text":"3. 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Where a period expressed in days would end on a day that is not a Business Day, the period is extended to the next Business Day.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"5125f05c-c926-4b96-93ff-d20af15be668","order":30,"text":"\"Written\" and \"in writing\" include a document delivered in electronic form where this Agreement or the Rules permit electronic delivery.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"ff4f5ea8-e228-4be7-93a5-44547be3deff","order":31,"text":"The fact that this Agreement was prepared by the Company shall not cause any provision to be construed in the Company's favor, and no provision shall be construed so as to deprive the Employee of a right or protection conferred by law.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"239b65fc-61f0-4e35-aaf1-5dc115f09087","order":32,"text":"4. 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SEXUAL ASSAULT AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT DISPUTES","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S06"},{"id":"7112f4e0-1b95-4968-87eb-35d8c43f77ec","order":52,"text":"The EFAA provides that, at the election of the person alleging conduct constituting a Sexual Harassment Dispute or a Sexual Assault Dispute, or of the named representative of a class or collective action alleging such conduct, no predispute arbitration agreement and no predispute joint-action waiver is valid or enforceable with respect to a case filed under federal, tribal or state law and relating to that dispute.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"c79f43f4-5016-4721-a201-ded084d1799b","order":53,"text":"Accordingly, and notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Employee may elect not to arbitrate any claim that constitutes a Sexual Assault Dispute or a Sexual Harassment Dispute, and not to be bound as to that claim by the waiver set out in the Article entitled Waiver of Class, Collective and Representative Actions. The Employee may make that election before or after a Demand for Arbitration is filed, either by filing the claim in a court of competent jurisdiction or by giving the Company written notice of the election.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"a498d318-217a-47ef-a27d-1e6e8e9c5260","order":54,"text":"Where such an election is made, the claims to which it applies shall proceed in court and this Agreement shall have no effect on them. The Employee's remaining Covered Claims continue to be subject to arbitration to the extent permitted by the EFAA. Making or withholding the election is not a breach of this Agreement and shall never be treated as a ground for any adverse action. The Company shall not seek to compel arbitration of a claim as to which such an election has been made.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"f865d0e4-d458-4c24-9caa-2b329e676e60","order":55,"text":"Whether the EFAA applies to a claim, and the validity and enforceability of this Agreement with respect to any claim to which the EFAA applies, shall be determined by a court and not by the arbitrator, as the EFAA requires, irrespective of any delegation of authority in this Agreement.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"c5e0f941-313a-4e89-be51-e0d0327c51d0","order":56,"text":"7. WAIVER OF CLASS, COLLECTIVE AND REPRESENTATIVE ACTIONS","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S07"},{"id":"9deada36-0f0f-434e-81a2-96aed7a7385b","order":57,"text":"The Employee and the Company each agree that Covered Claims shall be brought and resolved only in an individual capacity, and never on a class, collective, consolidated or representative basis. This provision is referred to in this Agreement as the \"Class Action Waiver\".","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"d7087df1-a5bd-4577-810d-8745168466be","order":58,"text":"Accordingly, and except where this Agreement expressly provides otherwise, neither Party may assert a Covered Claim as a plaintiff, claimant or member of a class in any purported class, collective, coordinated or representative proceeding; the arbitrator has no authority to certify or to preside over any class, collective or representative proceeding, or to award relief to any person who is not a named party to the arbitration; and no arbitration under this Agreement may be consolidated or joined with the arbitration or the court proceeding of any other person without the written consent of the Parties and of every other person whose claim would be joined.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"90a7ccfc-8f7d-4f16-847c-e064a84b783b","order":59,"text":"The Parties expressly agree that this Agreement does not permit class, collective or representative arbitration in any form, and that no silence or ambiguity in this Agreement or in the Rules shall be construed as consent to it.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"0448c830-0ee8-4257-bb0e-7f8a705e65de","order":60,"text":"The Class Action Waiver shall not be severed in any manner that would permit class, collective or representative arbitration. If a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the Class Action Waiver is unenforceable as to a particular claim or a particular form of relief, that claim or that form of relief shall be resolved in court and shall be severed from the arbitration, and all other Covered Claims shall be arbitrated individually. To the extent permitted by law, the severed claim shall be stayed pending the conclusion of the individual arbitration.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"2ebb0c0d-85e2-42e7-aed3-414b708b8fde","order":61,"text":"The Class Action Waiver does not apply to any claim as to which it is rendered unenforceable by the EFAA, and does not prevent the Employee from participating in a proceeding brought by a government agency as described in the Article entitled Protected Rights Preserved.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"e70dbed0-ae3e-4198-bcf8-d4c41d43e372","order":62,"text":"8. 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(\"PAGA\").","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"6585a656-7c94-4ab7-8523-bc6d545add5c","value":"yes","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"69aaef17-d589-44d7-a788-e78938490649","order":64,"text":"To the fullest extent permitted by law, any PAGA claim for civil penalties based on violations alleged to have been suffered by the Employee personally is a Covered Claim and shall be resolved in individual arbitration under this Agreement.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"6585a656-7c94-4ab7-8523-bc6d545add5c","value":"yes","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"09f85151-89ba-4a9a-b05e-edf766a03c23","order":65,"text":"A PAGA claim asserted on behalf of other aggrieved employees shall not be arbitrated. Such a non-individual representative claim shall be stayed pending completion of the Employee's individual arbitration and shall thereafter proceed, if at all, in a court of competent jurisdiction. If a court determines that such a claim can be neither stayed nor severed as described here, it shall proceed in court and the remaining Covered Claims shall nevertheless be arbitrated individually.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"6585a656-7c94-4ab7-8523-bc6d545add5c","value":"yes","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"943d8fbc-3768-4443-95b9-63f59d5f02a3","order":66,"text":"In addition, and notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement: the Company shall bear all costs unique to arbitration; every remedy available in court remains available in the arbitration; the arbitrator shall issue a written award stating the essential findings and conclusions on which it is based; and the Employee shall be afforded discovery adequate to vindicate the Employee's statutory claims. If the Company fails to pay any arbitration fee within the period prescribed by Cal. Code Civ. 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Each batch shall be assigned to a single arbitrator and shall proceed as one arbitration for administrative and fee purposes. The Parties shall cooperate with the Administrator to select an initial batch of representative cases to be heard first, and shall participate in a global mediation before the second batch is heard if either Party so requests.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"126075ec-49d8-4be7-958d-471449e390d0","value":"yes","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"8681c2e0-8749-4750-81c1-31004ded869d","order":70,"text":"This Article exists to make the resolution of similar claims efficient and economical. It does not authorize class, collective or representative arbitration, does not create any joint or common claim, and does not permit an arbitrator to award relief to a person who is not a party to the batch being heard. Each claimant retains the right to an individual determination of that claimant's own claim.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"126075ec-49d8-4be7-958d-471449e390d0","value":"yes","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"cb89fb0d-a53d-4efe-ae0d-4da288807c53","order":71,"text":"Every applicable limitations period shall be tolled, for each claimant whose demand has been filed but whose batch has not yet been assigned to an arbitrator, from the date that claimant's demand is filed until the date the batch is assigned. 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The Employee's own claim for monetary or other individual relief remains subject to individual arbitration to the extent permitted by law.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"102dd7b6-6ca7-4f5c-95ad-536d4ef4e154","order":77,"text":"Nothing in this Agreement waives the Employee's immunity under the Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016, 18 U.S.C. § 1833(b), for the confidential disclosure of a trade secret to a government official or to an attorney solely for the purpose of reporting or investigating a suspected violation of law, or in a document filed under seal in a judicial proceeding.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"e7405137-53ed-45c1-b163-6b2a1271498f","order":78,"text":"11. 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If the claim is not resolved within that period, either Party may file a Demand for Arbitration.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"800efaa5-539b-4390-a3a5-affb098417b7","value":"conference","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"78944552-da03-4e37-ad9f-47034aaed767","order":81,"text":"Within [Number of days] days after that notice is given, the Parties shall submit the claim to non-binding mediation before a mediator appointed by the Administrator, whose fees shall be borne by the Company. If the claim is not resolved by mediation within that period, or if the other Party declines to mediate, either Party may file a Demand for Arbitration.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"800efaa5-539b-4390-a3a5-affb098417b7","value":"mediation","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"c074603b-e998-4bfd-80e8-2fe09d08e448","order":82,"text":"Compliance with this Article is not a condition precedent to the authority of the arbitrator, and a failure to comply does not bar or diminish any claim. Every applicable limitations period is tolled from the date the notice described in this Article is given until thirty days after the process described in this Article is concluded or abandoned.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"800efaa5-539b-4390-a3a5-affb098417b7","value":"none","type":"remove","operator":"="}]},{"id":"427dde31-ff54-4ac8-b09f-3c9a6912f840","order":83,"text":"12. INITIATING ARBITRATION AND TIME LIMITS","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S12"},{"id":"4137609e-aef4-499e-8d35-0ec9fd8b270c","order":84,"text":"An arbitration is commenced by filing a Demand for Arbitration with the Administrator in the manner provided by the Rules and by serving a copy on the other Party in the manner set out in the Article entitled Notices. The Demand for Arbitration shall describe the nature of each claim, the facts on which it is based and the relief sought.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"08082fbc-4d25-4583-8064-0009daf1764a","order":85,"text":"A Demand for Arbitration must be filed within the limitations period that would apply to the same claim had it been brought in a court of competent jurisdiction. No limitations period is shortened by this Agreement, and every defense based on a limitations period, laches, waiver or estoppel that would be available in court remains available in the arbitration.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"fd63d267-9cc3-48bd-91a4-bc9b8b83b9e2","order":86,"text":"Where a statute requires that a claim first be presented to an administrative agency, the Employee may file the Demand for Arbitration once that requirement has been satisfied, and either Party may ask the arbitrator to stay the arbitration until it has been satisfied.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"150d0801-2b72-49e1-b51a-2afcb2d2e2bf","order":87,"text":"The filing of a Demand for Arbitration tolls the applicable limitations period as of the date of filing. 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Where the Rules conflict with this Agreement, this Agreement governs, except that no provision of this Agreement shall be applied so as to fall below the Administrator's minimum standards of procedural fairness or below any protection required by law.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"720f7b0e-71ed-456e-a1f2-edb50fd774a8","order":90,"text":"The applicable Rules are the AAA Employment/Workplace Arbitration Rules and Mediation Procedures, together with the AAA Employment/Workplace Fee Schedule and the Employment Due Process Protocol, each as in effect when the Demand for Arbitration is filed. A copy is available from the Administrator on request and is published on its website.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"0a14dd12-6218-4ffc-a87a-d97df3e80bda","value":"the American Arbitration Association (AAA)","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"20ff35cd-f1e5-4f40-864e-cb39dcac1626","order":91,"text":"The applicable Rules are the JAMS Employment Arbitration Rules & Procedures, together with the JAMS Policy on Employment Arbitration Minimum Standards of Procedural Fairness, each as in effect when the Demand for Arbitration is filed. A copy is available from the Administrator on request and is published on its website.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"0a14dd12-6218-4ffc-a87a-d97df3e80bda","value":"JAMS","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"c5b1725e-67a7-48c7-ab03-699768364f20","order":92,"text":"If the Administrator is unavailable or declines to administer the arbitration, the Parties shall agree in writing on a substitute administrator. If the Parties fail to agree within thirty days, either Party may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a substitute administrator or of an arbitrator under Section 5 of the FAA. The unavailability of the named Administrator does not invalidate this Agreement or the obligation to arbitrate.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"9c64fbd4-67b1-4289-8ecc-fd33436479f1","order":93,"text":"14. SELECTION OF THE ARBITRATOR","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S14"},{"id":"ef81f7aa-bb19-4d42-b2a5-b3dc7d265157","order":94,"text":"The arbitration shall be conducted by a single neutral arbitrator who is an attorney licensed to practice law, or a retired judge, in either case with substantial experience in employment law.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"ed95040a-0306-436e-ac30-9d142d1b2c4d","order":95,"text":"The arbitrator shall be chosen by mutual agreement of the Parties. If the Parties have not agreed within twenty-one days after the Administrator sends its initial list of candidates, the arbitrator shall be selected under the Rules, which shall afford each Party an equal opportunity to participate in the selection and to strike candidates. Neither Party shall have any unilateral right to designate the arbitrator.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"2a457951-bff6-470d-b40b-49183bb2c1ab","order":96,"text":"Neither Party nor its counsel shall communicate with the arbitrator about the substance of the arbitration except in the presence of, or with notice to, the other Party, other than communications about scheduling made through the Administrator.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"248a4667-cc3c-48a4-838e-a4a1a7f7bade","order":97,"text":"The arbitrator shall disclose to the Parties, before appointment and continuously thereafter, any circumstance likely to affect impartiality or independence, including any past or present relationship with a Party or with counsel. Either Party may challenge the arbitrator in accordance with the Rules.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"6a3837f0-3fe1-4d02-9b09-8b31a5e89620","order":98,"text":"15. 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The Employee's access to arbitration shall not be precluded by the location of the arbitration.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"9229fc6b-2330-464d-9367-775ad3eb914a","order":101,"text":"16. 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No remedy otherwise available by law is waived, capped or limited by this Agreement.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"3c8fc8e8-e601-479a-a5f4-989f74f0deee","order":104,"text":"The arbitrator may not order a remedy that a court could not order on the same claim, may not award relief to a person who is not a party to the arbitration, and may not decide claims that have not been submitted.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"fe6023fb-eaea-4ca9-915d-5c784022eff8","order":105,"text":"The arbitrator may rule on any request for interim, provisional or injunctive relief, may issue such orders as are necessary to protect confidential information, and may impose the sanctions available under the Rules or by law.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"bdd6e438-ec30-49dd-ad1c-6be9765a43a5","order":106,"text":"17. 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Judgment on the award may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"978eedbe-b4ed-4fa4-b52c-602f630ef74c","order":128,"text":"The arbitrator has no power to modify or to disregard this Agreement, and any award exceeding the arbitrator's authority under this Agreement is subject to vacatur to the extent permitted by law.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"f2521e85-000d-40ff-be73-e05e4ca540fb","order":129,"text":"22. ARBITRATION FEES AND COSTS","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S22"},{"id":"73e2b962-2139-40e2-ac9c-efef03159b42","order":130,"text":"The Employee shall never be required to bear any expense of the arbitration that the Employee would not have been required to bear had the Covered Claim been brought in a court of competent jurisdiction. Any provision of this Agreement or of the Rules that would have that effect is unenforceable and shall be disregarded.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"b34ff178-a208-49be-819e-28d659f073a4","order":131,"text":"The Company shall pay all fees and costs of the arbitration, including the filing fee, the administrative fees of the Administrator, the compensation and expenses of the arbitrator and the cost of the hearing room. The Employee shall pay nothing to commence or to maintain the arbitration.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"ffd9b4d5-3563-44ab-af42-86bc9ac4b980","value":"all","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"99830274-b42f-4bad-ba10-b9a69097ea23","order":132,"text":"The Employee shall pay an initial filing fee in the amount fixed for employees by the Rules, which shall in no event exceed the fee the Employee would have paid to file the same claim in the United States District Court for the district in which the Employee last worked. The Company shall pay all other fees and costs of the arbitration, including the remaining administrative fees of the Administrator, the compensation and expenses of the arbitrator and the cost of the hearing room.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"ffd9b4d5-3563-44ab-af42-86bc9ac4b980","value":"cap","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"c94d084e-f610-420f-9501-a26a558f91b7","order":133,"text":"The fees and costs of the arbitration shall be allocated in accordance with the Rules and with the Administrator's minimum standards of procedural fairness for arbitrations arising out of employer-promulgated agreements, which require the Company to bear all costs unique to arbitration beyond the capped fee payable by the Employee.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"ffd9b4d5-3563-44ab-af42-86bc9ac4b980","value":"rules","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"80caf694-dcbd-4398-bdb9-ce3f422ffea7","order":134,"text":"Each Party shall otherwise bear its own attorneys' fees and costs, except as provided in the Article entitled Attorneys' Fees and Costs and except where the Rules or the statute under which a claim is brought authorizes the arbitrator to reallocate them.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"fbf6cf70-1826-4840-9e76-499dd5379122","order":135,"text":"If the Company fails to pay an arbitration fee when due and that failure causes the Administrator to suspend or to close the case, the Employee may elect to withdraw the claim from arbitration and to proceed in a court of competent jurisdiction, and the Company shall be responsible for the reasonable expenses caused by its default, to the extent permitted by law.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"e1a1847f-dc93-434f-864e-d7e7aa8ff79c","order":136,"text":"23. ATTORNEYS' FEES AND COSTS","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S23"},{"id":"176a5d81-9257-4f60-9eee-442b1e75db03","order":137,"text":"The arbitrator shall award attorneys' fees and costs to the extent, and only to the extent, that a court would be required or permitted to award them on the same claim under the applicable statute or contract. The Employee's right to recover attorneys' fees, expert fees and costs under any fee-shifting statute is preserved in full.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"49f4af56-a455-4f1b-b770-d968be6d9539","order":138,"text":"The Company shall be awarded attorneys' fees against the Employee only where a court would be permitted to make such an award on the same claim, and only on a finding that the claim was frivolous, unreasonable or brought in bad faith.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"80d84397-3229-4ed7-91f4-db050fe5128f","order":139,"text":"24. INTERIM AND PROVISIONAL RELIEF","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S24"},{"id":"12e1d73e-6ed5-4e7c-94a0-17093fb0ba58","order":140,"text":"Either Party may apply to a court of competent jurisdiction for a temporary restraining order, a preliminary injunction, an attachment or another provisional remedy in aid of arbitration, including relief to protect trade secrets or confidential information or to enforce a restrictive covenant, pending the appointment of the arbitrator or the arbitrator's determination of the merits.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"74d8d5fb-6e92-4778-ade9-1d1248365cc7","order":141,"text":"Either Party may also apply to the Administrator for emergency or interim measures of protection under the Administrator's rules for emergency relief, where those rules apply. An emergency arbitrator appointed under those rules may grant relief pending the appointment of the arbitrator, who may thereafter continue, modify or vacate it.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"c2dbce65-bcc6-4291-bcb9-9a847f7fd4bb","order":142,"text":"An application for provisional relief is not a waiver of the right to arbitrate and does not make the underlying Covered Claim an Excluded Claim. Once appointed, the arbitrator may grant, modify or dissolve any provisional relief and shall decide the merits of the underlying claim.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"72fecf8e-a8e5-434f-840f-55cc63d5668f","order":143,"text":"25. PRESERVATION OF THE RIGHT TO COMPEL ARBITRATION","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S25"},{"id":"c872ed2f-6a7c-47ae-95da-c4ff775375a6","order":144,"text":"Neither the filing of an Excluded Claim in court, nor an application for provisional or emergency relief permitted by this Agreement, nor participation in a proceeding before an administrative agency, is a waiver of either Party's right to compel arbitration of a Covered Claim.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"3170cedb-f56e-451a-8584-895e8bbc15d6","order":145,"text":"A Party that wishes to compel arbitration of a Covered Claim brought in court shall apply to do so promptly and, in any event, before taking steps in the litigation that are inconsistent with an intention to arbitrate. Nothing in this Article enlarges any right a Party would otherwise have to compel arbitration after delay.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"3eb46729-b841-46f6-94dd-f7a392738319","order":146,"text":"If the Employee is named or included as a member of a putative class, collective or representative proceeding brought by another person on a claim that is a Covered Claim, the Employee shall take the steps reasonably necessary to be excluded from that proceeding, and either Party may seek an order compelling individual arbitration. This Article does not apply to a claim as to which the Class Action Waiver is unenforceable, and does not restrict any right preserved by the Article entitled Protected Rights Preserved.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"46d255fc-fde0-4267-a086-eb4921c42bfb","order":147,"text":"26. CONFIDENTIALITY OF THE ARBITRATION","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S26"},{"id":"02a5031b-db95-4f28-8728-2c602f6777d2","order":148,"text":"Except as this Article provides, the Parties, their counsel and the arbitrator shall keep confidential the existence and the content of the arbitration, the evidence and documents produced in it and the terms of any award, and shall not disclose them to any third party.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"4b5976d1-57dd-47a4-ac22-75a55fc355b9","order":149,"text":"This Article does not restrict, and shall never be construed to restrict, any disclosure required by law, subpoena or court order; any disclosure to a Party's attorneys, accountants, auditors, insurers or tax advisers, or to a spouse or domestic partner, who are themselves bound to preserve confidentiality; any disclosure necessary to enforce or to challenge an award or this Agreement; any disclosure to an administrative agency as described in the Article entitled Protected Rights Preserved; any disclosure of the underlying facts of an alleged unlawful act, including harassment, discrimination or retaliation, where a statute protects that disclosure; or any discussion by the Employee with other employees about wages, hours or other terms and conditions of employment.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"f0c1234d-e271-42a8-93b6-91557f158ff8","order":150,"text":"The arbitrator may issue such protective orders as are appropriate to preserve confidentiality, including orders limiting the disclosure of trade secrets, personnel records and personal information.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"67ea6804-34e0-48e1-9364-a271554175ee","order":151,"text":"27. RIGHT TO OPT OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","displayConditions":[{"field":"e053bb7e-9069-4eaf-b849-03c72a5874d7","value":"yes","type":"add","operator":"="}],"sectionNum":"S27"},{"id":"a54f0e29-fb24-46c9-839f-125a06abb2a7","order":152,"text":"Arbitration under this Agreement is not a mandatory condition of the Employee's employment. The Employee may decline to be bound by this Agreement by opting out in the manner set out in this Article.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"e053bb7e-9069-4eaf-b849-03c72a5874d7","value":"yes","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"8d09fc8a-a426-44ee-aa41-a52ecf5af6b1","order":153,"text":"To opt out, the Employee must give the Company written notice, signed by the Employee, stating that the Employee elects not to be bound by this Agreement. The notice must be delivered or postmarked no later than [Opt-out period in days] days after the date on which the Employee signs this Agreement, and must be addressed to the [Office receiving notices] of the Company at [Company address].","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"e053bb7e-9069-4eaf-b849-03c72a5874d7","value":"yes","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"05536efa-9a2f-4841-b491-e29064297ba6","order":154,"text":"A form of notice that the Employee may use for this purpose appears at the end of this Agreement as Exhibit A. The Employee is not required to use that form, and a notice is effective if it identifies the Employee and states the election clearly.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"e053bb7e-9069-4eaf-b849-03c72a5874d7","value":"yes","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"3f4240e8-5990-4f27-8097-809733a83eb9","order":155,"text":"An opt-out notice given within that period of [Opt-out period in days] days is fully effective. This Agreement will then have no force or effect as between the Employee and the Company, and neither Party will be required to arbitrate.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"e053bb7e-9069-4eaf-b849-03c72a5874d7","value":"yes","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"a60944ad-7b23-4da4-9dc8-5b9f834bc53b","order":156,"text":"Opting out is not a breach of any obligation and will not subject the Employee to any adverse action, retaliation or disadvantage of any kind. The Employee's decision to opt out will not affect the Employee's employment, compensation, benefits or opportunities with the Company.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"e053bb7e-9069-4eaf-b849-03c72a5874d7","value":"yes","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"d07f7767-aa79-4675-8434-623977156fc3","order":157,"text":"If the Employee does not opt out within the period stated in this Article, the Employee and the Company are bound by this Agreement.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"displayConditions":[{"field":"e053bb7e-9069-4eaf-b849-03c72a5874d7","value":"yes","type":"add","operator":"="}]},{"id":"8d62632e-d6f3-468a-b330-0b6ddb6b6f69","order":158,"text":"28. NO RETALIATION","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S28"},{"id":"f2e782e5-8070-4311-8581-fe3e8f7b319d","order":159,"text":"The Company shall not retaliate against the Employee, and shall not threaten to do so, for commencing or participating in an arbitration under this Agreement, for filing a charge or complaint with an administrative agency, for exercising any right preserved by the Article entitled Protected Rights Preserved, or for making the election described in the Article entitled Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Disputes.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"9546d00d-16d9-4550-80d1-acb9ae374dd1","order":160,"text":"A claim of retaliation of the kind described in this Article is itself a Covered Claim.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"737373bb-6962-4e91-acfc-43327b4d0c5d","order":161,"text":"29. GOVERNING LAW AND THE FEDERAL ARBITRATION ACT","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S29"},{"id":"06262580-2cd2-40e1-a90a-0c0ec818291b","order":162,"text":"This Agreement evidences a transaction involving interstate commerce and is governed by the FAA, which controls the interpretation and enforcement of the obligation to arbitrate, the conduct of the arbitration and the enforcement of any award.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"8fa754b1-3d6f-4e2a-8e95-4de94d012cf0","order":163,"text":"If the FAA is held not to apply to this Agreement or to the Employment Relationship for any reason, including the exclusion in Section 1 of the FAA for certain classes of transportation workers, this Agreement shall be governed and enforced under the arbitration statute of the State of [State], and the Parties agree that their obligation to arbitrate remains fully binding under that statute.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"23299aaf-1050-42a7-b66e-4b2085feb6ad","order":164,"text":"The substantive law of the State of [State], without regard to its conflict of law principles, together with applicable federal law, governs the Covered Claims and the construction of this Agreement, except where the FAA provides otherwise.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"2e840926-3002-4acc-bcf3-8629c147a6c8","order":165,"text":"30. SEVERABILITY","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S30"},{"id":"14eb56d1-e83a-4c3e-9b97-34a046fe1fdc","order":166,"text":"If any provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, void or unenforceable, that provision shall be severed and the remainder of this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect, except that the Class Action Waiver shall be severed only in the manner provided in the Article entitled Waiver of Class, Collective and Representative Actions.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"08086594-5cd0-4cbf-931a-acf0dc58eba4","order":167,"text":"If a provision is held unenforceable only in part, or only as applied to a particular claim or a particular Party, it shall be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law and shall remain fully enforceable in all other respects.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"48e94604-1a25-4531-b6eb-0934041ad63f","order":168,"text":"31. AT-WILL EMPLOYMENT UNAFFECTED","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S31"},{"id":"1b0666e1-a484-4c2e-bebb-9efede8e3d1f","order":169,"text":"This Agreement concerns only the forum in which disputes are resolved. It does not create a contract of employment for any fixed term, does not alter the at-will nature of the Employment Relationship where the employment is at will, and does not restrict the right of either Party to end the Employment Relationship at any time, with or without cause and with or without notice, subject to applicable law.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"31906f5f-c2f6-477a-b716-06a190fe998c","order":170,"text":"32. NOTICES","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S32"},{"id":"512402e4-5ec7-4815-bc73-4fa9f6d00639","order":171,"text":"Every notice required by this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be delivered personally, sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier with tracking, or sent by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, or sent by email to an address that the receiving Party has designated in writing for the receipt of notices under this Agreement.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"0692249f-7800-407f-b1d2-7f86b05e4745","order":172,"text":"Notices to the Company shall be addressed to the [Office receiving notices] at [Company address]. Notices to the Employee shall be addressed to the Employee at [Employee address], or to the most recent address shown in the Company's personnel records.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"1a27cc31-0ba5-4707-9aba-56c33a244cf4","order":173,"text":"A notice is effective on the date of personal delivery, on the first Business Day after deposit with an overnight courier, on the third Business Day after mailing, or, where email is used, on the day the email is sent if sent before 5:00 p.m. in the recipient's local time on a Business Day and otherwise on the next Business Day. A Party may change its address for notices by giving notice in the manner provided by this Article.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"8de12550-421c-4781-8330-d5e1c1d04ebf","order":174,"text":"33. ENTIRE AGREEMENT; AMENDMENT; WAIVER; ASSIGNMENT; SURVIVAL","fontSize":"16","textAlign":"left","bold":true,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true,"marginTop":"20","sectionNum":"S33"},{"id":"04ab9450-b64e-4309-b5c7-4d2911687015","order":175,"text":"This Agreement is the entire agreement between the Parties concerning the resolution of Covered Claims and supersedes every prior agreement, policy, handbook provision or practice on that subject. No representation or promise concerning its subject matter has been made other than those expressly set out in it.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"45cc8b98-e591-464f-a1ad-e6ae45dd29f7","order":176,"text":"This Agreement may be amended, modified or revoked only by a written instrument signed by the Employee and by an authorized officer of the Company. The Company may not amend, modify or revoke it unilaterally, and no amendment shall apply to any claim of which the Company had notice before the amendment was signed.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"f5004992-6bf6-4ca7-b5bb-a938c5cd5998","order":177,"text":"No failure or delay in enforcing a provision of this Agreement is a waiver of that provision or of any other. A waiver is effective only if made in writing and signed by the Party granting it, and applies only to the instance for which it is given.","fontSize":"14","textAlign":"left","bold":false,"underline":false,"marginBottom":"10","cflou":false,"active":true},{"id":"7180fbd1-fb3f-4fd9-a0c8-5ff51e529719","order":178,"text":"This Agreement binds and benefits the Parties and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and permitted assigns. 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