by Anne-Marie Mizzi | May 10, 2023 | Employment Law
In an ideal world an employee will quit by providing a two week notice and at the end of the two weeks will stop working. Sometimes though an employee gets so frustrated and states “I quit” and walks out of the place of the employment. As an employer though one cannot...
by Anne-Marie Mizzi | May 4, 2023 | Employment Law
As an employer sometimes you need to fundamentally change an employee’s conditions of working that detrimentally affect an employee. This can include changing reducing hours of work required or reducing compensation provided. If fundamental changes are required a new...
by Anne-Marie Mizzi | Apr 29, 2023 | Employment Law
The Employment Standards Act is the main source of legislation that sets out the minimum standards of employment in the province. However, not every employment arrangement is protected by the act. Some of the major exclusions from the Act include the following...
by Anne-Marie Mizzi | Apr 26, 2023 | Employment Law
Do you truly have cause to dismiss an employee? In British Columbia you may immediately dismiss an employee without severance pay or reasonable notice but only with cause. Courts have determined that for an employer to be able to dismiss with cause the employee...
by Anne-Marie Mizzi | Apr 24, 2023 | Employment Law
Discrimination in the workplace is still a leading cause of claims against employers and employees leaving their employment. In British Columbia, there is the BC Human Rights Code which applies to most employment situations. Under the Act there are many grounds of...
by Anne-Marie Mizzi | Mar 15, 2023 | Employment Law
As an employer, you do have the right to include a non-competition clause, in British Columbia, as part of offering employment but the clause has to be reasonable. A non-compete clause essentially restricts an employee from activities that cause “competition” with...
by Anne-Marie Mizzi | Mar 15, 2023 | Employment Law
One of the most important things you can do as an employer to protect your business and ensure fairness in the workplace is to have a written employment contract. When an employment relationship does not work out having a well written employment contract can protect...
by Denese Espeut-Post | Feb 5, 2022 | Wills, Wills & Estates
Perhaps you have agreed to act as an executor for a loved one’s will and your loved one has now passedaway. You may have many questions regarding what you need to do and where to start. This postprovides a very general overview of what it means to be an executor and...
by Anne-Marie Mizzi | Aug 6, 2021 | Business
If you have been managing a company or starting a company, you may be familiar with the term “corporate minute book”. However, it is easy to forget what a corporate minute book needs to contain and what its purpose is exactly. To start, a corporate minute book...
by Anne-Marie Mizzi | Jun 8, 2021 | Legal, Planning, Wills
A well-known theme of movies about animals involves the owner passing away and leaving their entire estate to their pets. This has also happened famously in real life. The world’s richest dog is Gunther IV as he inherited $375 million US from his dad who inherited his...
