- Letter or Formal Contract
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Identify Position
- job description
- can the employer change it?
- lateral transfers v. promotions
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Term
- fixed or indefinite
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Salary
- when to be reviewed?
- increases
- COLA adjustment
- Commission Income
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Bonus
- discretionary or determined by formula
- when payable (date)?
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Profit Sharing; Stock Option Plans
- when entitled?
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Benefits
- when entitled?
- pension plan
- employee savings plan
- life, disability, medical and dental insurance
- employee loans
- discount privileges
- professional dues and memberships
- credit cards and expense accounts
- car allowance or company car
- parking
- financial counselling
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9. Sick Leave
- can it be accumulated?
- treatment or termination
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Vacation
- can it be accumulated?
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11. Notice to Terminate
- where just cause/no cause
- during any probationary period
- does it increase with length of service/promotion?
- severance in lieu
- compliance with Employment Standards Act (notice and severance pay)
- by employee
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Moving Costs Covered on Hiring
- preliminary trips
- travel for self and family
- furniture
- accommodation
- expenses of sale of home and purchase of new home
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Can the Employer Relocate the Employee After Employment Commences?
- expenses covered
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14. Conflicts of Interest
- full time and attention
- Confidentiality
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Restrictions on Future Employment/Business Activity
- are they reasonable?
- geographic scope
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Legal Advice
- who pays?
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Guaranteed Salary in the Event of Corporate Takeover or Change
- "Golden Parachute"
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Indemnity Provisions
- especially for Directors and Officers
- Applicable Law and Jurisdiction
- Arbitration
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Whole Contract
- no representations
For more information contact:
Janice Payne, Nelligan O'Brien Payne LLP LLP
Suite 1500, 50 O'Connor St.
Ottawa, Ontario K1P 6L2
Tel: 613-231-8245; Fax: 613-788-3655
Email: janice.payne@nelliganlaw.ca
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