Effect on duties

Sec. 2. This article and a professional employer agreement do not do the following: (1) Diminish, abolish, or remove the obligations of a client to a covered employee that exist before the effective date of the professional employer agreement. (2) Affect, modify, or amend a contractual relationship or restrictive covenant: (A) between a covered employee and a client that is in effect on the effective date of the professional employer agreement; or (B) that is entered into between a client and a covered employee after the effective date of the professional employer agreement. A PEO is not responsible or liable for a dispute in connection with or arising out of a contractual relationship or restrictive covenant described in this subdivision unless the PEO has otherwise specifically agreed in writing. (3) Create a new or additional enforceable right of a covered employee against a PEO that is not specifically provided by the professional employer agreement or this article. As added by P.L.245-2005, SEC.7.