Employment Agreement | Canada

Rent out office or retail premises in Ontario to a business tenant with this Standard Form Commercial Lease Agreement.

• Renewal. The tenant has the option to renew the lease after the initial term expires.
• Repairs. The lease template contains alternate paragraphs depending on whether the landlord is responsible for mechanical and structural repairs, or if the tenant is responsible for all repairs.
• Taxes. The lease also contains alternate paragraphs for payment of the property taxes, depending on whether the landlord or the tenant will be paying the taxes.
• Registration of Caveat. The tenant agrees not to register its leasehold interest against title to the property, but has the right to register a caveat so long as the tenant discharges the caveat at the end of the lease.
• Liability; Indemnification. The landlord is not responsible for death or injury to persons on the premises, or for any loss or damage of personal property. The tenant indemnifies the landlord against any claims or actions arising from the lease or the tenant's use of the premises.
• Available in MS Word format and fully editable to fit your needs.
• Intended to be used only in the Province of Ontario, Canada.

Set out your company's policy and procedure for reporting workplace accidents and incidents in this downloadable and customizable Policy Statement template.

• The Policy must be followed by all employees, contractors and visitors to the company's premises and all who use company equipment or vehicles.
• Procedures for reporting all accidents, incidents and injuries are described in detail.
• Company management and safety officers will conduct an investigation, record the findings, make recommendations and take appropriate action to prevent a recurrence.
• It's the responsibility of everyone to improve workplace safety. Make sure your workers understand what's required of them.
• Available in MS Word format and fully editable.

Prepare a Diversity Policy for your business with this customizable template for Canadian companies.

• The policy statement sets out the company's commitment to establishing a corporate culture that promotes diversity and inclusion in recruitment, training, incentive programs, performance management, product development, community involvement and all other aspects of the corporate operations.
• The policy also specifies the company's specific objectives with respect to hiring and retaining high quality employees regardless of race, religious beliefs, ethnicity, cultural background, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental challenges, ancestry, or place of origin.
• The steps the company will take to achieve the above objectives include:
  • modifying work schedules, providing flex time and work-from-home arrangements and removing barriers within the workspace to accommodate employees' special needs;
  • providing diversity and inclusion training to all employees and management;
  • hiring and retaining employees in key positions who represent the diversity of the community at large.
• Although this Diversity Policy is intended for use in Canada, it can be easily modified to use in any country by replacing the specific references to Canadian laws and regulations.
• Download the form immediately after purchase. Available as a MS Word template.

Reduce your employer contributions by hiring workers as contractors instead of employees with this Independent Contractor Agreement for Canadian businesses.

• The independent contractor is responsible for remitting their own payroll deductions and taxes and for filing their own GST returns (if applicable).
• The contractor is not eligible for the company's employee medical benefits, pension fund or other incentive plans.
• The contractor agrees not to disclose or use any of the company's confidential information disclosed to the contractor during the term of the contract.
• This engagement contract template can be used in most Canadian provinces and territories except for Quebec.
• You can cut costs and increase your monthly cash flow by retaining staff on a contractor basis. Buy and download the Independent Contractor Agreement for Canada today.

Download this package of minute book forms to organize a Canadian business corporation.

This package contains the forms that the Business Corporations Act requires a corporation to keep in its Minute Book, including:

1. a set of corporate By-laws;
2. organizational resolutions of the initial directors and shareholders;
3. Consent to Act forms to be signed by each director and / or officer of the company;
4. a register of share transactions to record the initial share issuances;
5. shareholder ledgers, to be filled out for each shareholder;
6. register of directors and managers of the corporation.

The Canada Organizational and Minute Book Forms Package is downloadable and easy to use, and contains everything you need to organize a new corporation.