Business Forms

If your facility hires outside caterers for events, protect the facility from claims for illness or injury with this Catering Waiver and Indemnification Agreement.

Caterer Obligations

• The caterer must present a valid certificate of insurance to the facility at least 10 days prior to the event.
• The caterer must follow all rules and regulations of the facility.
• The caterer agrees to waive any claim for damages and releases the facility from any liability caused by the caterer's food preparation or service.

Format and Use of Document

This Catering Waiver and Indemnification Agreement template is provided in MS Word format and is fully editable to fit your specific circumstances.

No need to repurchase the form for each event. Buy the form once, download and customize the template for your facility, and use it for every catered affair.

Employers, establish a clear policy regarding employee use of cell phones, instant messaging and texting with this Policy Statement template.

• The Policy Statement addresses the following policy areas:
  
  • employee use of company networks and equipment for personal reasons,
  • personal use of cell phones during work hours,
  • limitations on use of devices in company-owned vehicles, and in an employee's personal vehicle,
  • instant messaging and texting,
  • disciplinary consequences.
• Available in MS Word format and fully editable to meet your business needs.
• This Policy Statement template can be used anywhere.

Prepare a Certificate of Authenticity for a limited edition art work with this free ready-made template.

• The Certificate can be attached to each copy in a limited edition series of artwork. Each reproduction produced from the original must be certified as authentic and numbered as part of the series, for example, in a series of 200, the limited edition reproductions are sequentially numbered 1/200, 2/200, 3/200, and so on.
• The Certificate also certifies that the plates or other materials used to make the reproductions have been destroyed, and that each of the pieces is signed by the artist.
• This template is available in MS Word format and can be printed out and filled in by hand, or completed on your computer.
• This is a free form that can be used anywhere.

You've commissioned an original screenplay from a writer. Now get the writer to sign this Certificate of Authorship. The screenwriter certifies that:

• The screenplay was written as a work made for hire commissioned by the producer, and that the producer is deemed to be the author of the work.
• The work is original and not in the public domain, has not been adapted and does not violate or infringe upon any other person's statutory or common law rights.
• The producer owns all right and title to the screenplay, and has the right to make any changes to the material, and the writer waives all moral rights.
• The writer will not make any claims or demands against any assignee or successor in interest of the producer.
• The writer will have no right to enjoin or restrain the distribution or exploitation of any motion picture or other material based on the screenplay.
• The Certificate of Authorship of Screenplay form is an important part of the documentation you need to establish your rights to the material. Download it for your production forms library.

Use this free template to prepare a certified copy of a shareholders resolution authorizing the transfer of the corporation's assets to a buyer.

• All of the shareholders resolve to transfer all of the corporate assets to a purchaser pursuant to the terms and conditions of a purchase agreement.
• This is a free generic form which is not country-specific.
• Available in MS Word format.

Sign up channel partners to sell your services with this Channel Partner Agreement template for companies based in Canada.

• The channel partner will sign up subscribers for the provider's business networking services and solutions, in return for an ongoing commission payable on the recurring monthly revenue.
• The network service provider authorizes the channel partner to market services for third parties which the provider is authorized to sell, and grants the channel partner a limited license to use trademarks and logos of such third parties.
• All customer orders must be approved by the provider at its discretion, before being considered as a sale.
• The contract includes a confidentiality clause to protect confidential information of the provider and third parties.
• The channel partner agrees not to contact the service provider's clients to induce them to change services.
• This legal contract is governed by the laws of Canada.
  
• Available in MS Word format and fully editable to meet your needs.

Staging media news conferences or company special events requires a lot of planning and attention to detail. This checklist will help you stage a first-class event.

• Use the checklist to help plan and arrange:
  • venue preparation,
  • media kits and press releases,
  • gifts for VIPs,
  • parking,
  • catering,
  • signs and maps,
  • tours,
  • agenda,
  • photography,
  • speakers,
  • and more.
• Available as a free PDF download.

Use this 6-page checklist to help you navigate the issues and get through the process of selling your business.

• Topics include:
  • assembling your team of advisors;
  • defining your needs;
  • preparing an opportunity plan and a marketing plan;
  • disclosure documentation;
  • following up with interested parties.
• If your business has a value in excess of $1 million, this checklist can help you through the selling process.
• Available in PDF format.
• Prepared by an Ontario corporate lawyer with years of experience and expertise in assisting owners in the sale of their businesses.

Use this free Checklist for Website Development Agreements to help ensure that you address all the issues that need to be taken into consideration when drafting the agreement.

• Key points include:
  • scope of work,
  • copyright and intellectual property rights,
  • proprietary software,
  • milestones and approval windows,
  • pricing and payment,
  • dispute resolution,
  • responsibilities of each of the parties to each other.
• This Checklist for Website Development Agreements is a free download and is provided in PDF format.

Are you planning to franchise your business? Find out if your business model meets the minimum requirements to be a franchisor.

This free checklist sets out the considerations you will need to take into account, including:

• the history of the business and experience of its principals,
• profitability of your business model,
• level of documentation, training and support you're able to provide franchisees.

The free Checklist of Franchisor Requirements was compiled by a franchise specialist.