Exhibit 10.1
Agreement and
General Release
Brett Cohen, of 135 Perkins Street, Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts
02130 (hereinafter “Releasor”) in return for good and
valuable consideration, enters into the following Agreement and
General Release (the “Agreement” or
“Release”) with HC Innovations, Inc. (hereinafter the
“Company”):
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Resignation of Releasor . Releasor has voluntarily
resigned from his position as Executive Vice-President effective
July 24, 2009 and the Company has accepted Releasor’s
resignation.
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The Consideration . In return for Releasor’s
release of all claims as identified in Paragraphs 4-7 of this
Agreement and for his agreement to the other terms and conditions
of the Agreement and General Release, the Company agrees to pay
Releasor as severance the amount of Sixty One Thousand Five Hundred
Thirty Eight Dollars and 48/100 cents ($61,538.48 ) less
all statutorily required withholdings (hereinafter, the
“Consideration”). The Consideration will be paid in
four monthly installments. The first payment will be made August 7,
2009 and the following three installments will be made on,
September 4, 2009, October 2, 2009 and November 13, 2009. In
addition, the Company will pay Releasor’s 2008 Bonus per the
agreed payout schedule attached hereto.
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Releasor Would Not Otherwise Be Entitled To The
Consideration . Releasor recognizes that the Consideration
referred to in Paragraph 2 is above and beyond any amounts
otherwise due Releasor for services rendered or to be rendered
under the Company’s general policies or programs and that
Releasor would not be entitled to the Consideration without signing
this Agreement.
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Release Of Claims . In return for the payment of
the Consideration, Releasor releases and forever discharges HC,
Innovations, Inc., Enhanced Care Initiatives, Inc. and their
respective affiliates, current and former officers and directors,
executive committee members, executive directors, members, board
members, parents, subsidiaries, divisions, predecessors,
shareholders, owners, employees, agents, servants, insurers,
attorneys, representatives, assigns, advisors, fiduciaries,
trustees, administrators, affiliates and successors (hereafter
collectively referred to as “Releasee”) from any and
all claims, demands, actions, causes of action, suits, debts, dues,
sums of money, accounts, reckonings, promises, variances,
liabilities, and damages whatsoever, both in law and in equity,
which Releasor now has, or had in the past, or may ever have,
whether known or unknown, including, but not limited to, those
claims which directly or indirectly arise out of, or relate to,
Releasor’s employment with the Company including, but not
limited to, the terms, conditions and/or circumstances surrounding
such employment, and/or Releasor’s resignation and/or the
resulting termination of Releasor’s employment relationship
with the Company. Nothing contained herein is intended as a release
or waiver of Releasor’s rights or status as an owner of HC
Innovations, Inc. stock and/or as the optionee of HC Innovations,
Inc. stock under a certain Form Option Agreement dated February 9,
2009.
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Release of Claims . This Release is intended as
the broadest possible release including, but not limited to, a
release, waiver and discharge, without limitation, of any claims by
Releasor under
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Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, the 1991
Civil Rights Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the
ADA Amendments Act of 2008, the Older Workers Benefits Protection
Act, the Connecticut Workers Compensation Act, the Pregnancy
Discrimination Act, the Connecticut Fair Employment Practices Act,
and all other federal, state and local statutes, ordinances,
executive orders and regulations prohibiting age, race, pregnancy,
sex, and other types of discrimination or harassment, the Employee
Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), as
amended, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Rehabilitation Act, Federal
Wage and Hour Laws, including 29 U.S.C. § 201, et seq
., Connecticut Wage and Hour Laws including Conn. Gen. Stat.
§§ 31-70 through 31-76k, the Connecticut State Family and
Medical Leave Laws, the Federal Family and Medical Leave Act of
1993, any claim under Conn. Gen. Stat. §§ 31-51m and
31-51q, as amended, and all other claims under the laws of any
state or municipality (pursuant to statute, regulation and/or
common law) or under any other local laws, of every name or nature
including, but not limited to, claims for sexual harassment, verbal
or non-verbal harassment, negligent or intentional infliction of
emotional distress, lost wages, negligence, negligent or
intentional misrepresentation, defamation, invasion of privacy, any
claim for attorneys’ fees or costs permitted under any
statute or regulation, any claim for exemplary or punitive damages,
any claim for wrongful termination or discharge, constructive
termination and/or breach of an express or implied contract,
including but not limited to, any claim under or arising from the
Employment Agreement between Releasor and the Company dated
February 9, 2009, and/or any claim of a breach of the covenant of
good faith and fair dealing and/or any claim or charge of
retaliation under any federal or state law.
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Non-Disparagement Clause . In return for the
Consideration, Releasor agrees not to in any way or to any extent
disparage, demean, discredit, deprecate, damage, slander or libel
HC Innovations, Inc. or Enhanced Care Initiatives, Inc. or any
affiliate of either or both entities, and not to in any way or to
any extent disparage, demean, discredit, deprecate, damage, slander
or libel the performance, work product or method of operating of
the employees, officers, members or directors of HC Innovations,
Inc. or Enhanced Care Initiatives, Inc. or any affiliate of either
or both entities or otherwise cause or contribute to HC
Innovations, Inc. or Enhance
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