Commencing as of December 1, 2015, Buyer shall make payment to the Company (or pay directly to the Company’s employees) all employee salaries and related payroll deductions and taxes payable by the Company with respect to its employees. Effective immediately prior to the Closing, but effective on the Closing, the Company shall terminate the employment of all of its employees, other than those identified on Schedule 7.1(g)(i) . The Company shall be solely responsible for any and all severance and any other compensation or employee benefits payable with respect to any period or part thereof occurring prior to the Closing Date, not otherwise payable by Buyer under this clause (g), whether required by state or federal law or otherwise, including but not limited to any wages, bonuses or commissions that may be earned through the Closing and payable after the Closing as permitted by state or federal law. The Company will bear all responsibility, obligation and Liability for, and all costs associated with, and will defend and indemnify Buyer for: (x) any and all claims and Liabilities related to any unemployment fund contributions that are due and unpaid on the Closing Date; and (y) any and all claims and Liabilities relating to the employees and any other employee employed by the Company prior to the Closing Date and resulting from or arising out of their employment by the Company, prior to the Closing Date and/or the subsequent termination by the Company and/or any subsequent decision by Buyer not to hire some or all of the employees, including all claims and Liabilities incurred or asserted under the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, ERISA, the Occupational Health and Safety Act, the federal Worker Adjustment Retraining and Notification Act, any other Laws and/or the common-law doctrines of breach of contract, breach of covenant of good faith and fair dealing, promissory estoppel, violation of public policy, fraud or misrepresentation, defamation, intentional or negligent infliction of emotional distress, negligence, wrongful termination of employment and/or any other employment-related doctrines under the statutes or common law of any state. Effective at the Closing, the Company shall and does hereby release all employees hired by Buyer from any employment and/or confidentiality agreement previously entered into between the Company and such Employee but only to the extent necessary for Buyer to operate the Business and the Purchased Assets in the same manner as operated by the Company prior to the Closing.