member of the Company Group, or filed a petition for recognition with any Governmental Authority, (ii) there is no material unfair labor practice charge or complaint pending before any applicable Governmental Authority relating to any member of the Company Group or an employee thereof, and (iii) there has not been any strike, lockout, picketing, leafleting,sit-in, boycott, work stoppage or similar form of organized labor disruption or material labor dispute against or affecting any member of the Company Group, and no such activity is currently ongoing or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened.
(c) Since the Lookback Date, (i) each member of the Company Group has been in compliance with all applicable Laws relating to labor or employment in all material respects, including all applicable Laws relating to the payment of wages, hours worked, collective bargaining, labor relations, reductions in force, equal employment opportunities, affirmative action, working conditions, employment discrimination, harassment, civil rights, occupational safety and health, disability, employee benefits, workers’ compensation, immigration, disability, family and medical leave, and the collection and payment of withholding or social security taxes, (ii) no member of the Company Group has incurred any liability under the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act or any similar state or local Law that remains unsatisfied, and (iii) each member of the Company Group has complied with all applicable Laws in all material respects governing the classification of employees as exempt or nonexempt, independent contractors, consultants, volunteers, subcontractors, temporary employees, leased employees, seasonal employees, or other contingent workers, and each member of the Company Group has fully and accurately reported in all material respects all payments to all independent contractors and other contingent workers on IRS Form 1099 or as otherwise required by applicable Law. Except as could not result in material liability for the Company Group, each member of the Company Group has fully and timely paid all wages, salaries, wage premiums, commissions, bonuses, expense reimbursements, severance and other compensation that has come due and payable to its current and former employees and other service providers under applicable Law, Contract, or Company Group policy.
(d) Since the Lookback Date, the Company Group has not been party to any pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened Action by any Franchisee, any employee or other worker of a Franchisee, or third-party or Governmental Authority, alleging that any member of the Company Group is or may be in a joint-employment,co-employment, or similar relationship with any of its Franchisees with respect to such Franchisee’s workforce. The Company Group has not issued policies relating to, or otherwise exercised control over (other than pursuant to the terms of its Franchise Agreements), any Franchisee’s relationship with its employees, including hiring, firing, disciplining, compensation, benefits, supervision, and scheduling.
5.14 | Environmental Matters |
(a) (i) Each member of the Company Group is, and, since the Lookback Date, has been, in compliance in all material respects with applicable Laws relating to (w) worker health and safety, (x) pollution, contamination, protection, remediation or reclamation of the environment or natural resources, (y) emissions, discharges, disseminations, Releases or threatened Releases of Hazardous Substances into or through the environment, including air (indoor or outdoor), surface water, groundwater, soil or land surface or subsurface or (z) the management, manufacture, processing, labeling, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport, recycling or handling of, or exposure to, Hazardous Substances (collectively, “Environmental Laws”); (ii) the Company Group possesses, and, to the extent applicable, has filed timely applications to renew, all material Permits required under Environmental Laws necessary for its operations, and such operations are in compliance with applicable Permits in all material respects; (iii) no material Action arising under or pursuant to Environmental Laws is pending, or to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened in writing, against any member of the Company Group, and there are no material outstanding Orders arising under or pursuant to Environmental Laws by which any member of the Company Group or any of its assets or properties are bound; (iv) no member of the Company Group has received any written notice, report or other information regarding any material violation of, or material liability under, Environmental Laws; (v) no member of the Company Group has assumed, undertaken, provided an indemnity with respect to, or otherwise become subject to, any material liabilities of any other Person arising under Environmental Law; and (vi) there has been no treatment, storage,
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