--0000000000001912e6062df550ba Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hey Steve and Kathryn, 1. Background Checks: We have always charged the caregivers for them in Quebec. 2. Non-Solicitation: It's more of a scare tactic. If a caregiver sees a $10,000 penalty they are less likely to approach a client in my opinion? Thanks, On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 12:05=E2=80=AFPM Kathryn Nester wrote: > I'll let Joey and Tim speak to the background check and solicitation > clause but yes I believe as part of the iCIMS process for caregivers and > corp EE's we are sending an offer letter first. The offer letter didn't > come into process until iCIMS did. > > thanks, > Kathryn > > On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 11:55=E2=80=AFAM Steve Koyanagi > wrote: > >> Thanks, Kathryn. I have a couple of quick thoughts. >> >> On the background check deduction if we're not doing it anywhere else in >> Canada should we standardize and not do it for Quebec? Can you remind me >> why this is a historical practice only in Quebec? >> >> On the non-solicitation, the penalty is unenforceable so perhaps we're >> okay leaving it as is. Tim/Joey, thoughts on that one? I believe we >> strategically deleted it previously. >> >> Another big picture question is are we always doing an offer letter firs= t >> then sending an employment agreement? What is our standard HR process in >> Canada? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 8:48=E2=80=AFAM Kathryn Nester >> wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I can get these updated so long as you are okay with the verbiage steve= ? >>> >>> Just to clarify, is the solicitation clause for the >>> employment agreement, and the background check information is for the o= ffer >>> letter? Is that right? >>> >>> Thank you, >>> Kathryn >>> >>> On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 11:42=E2=80=AFAM Steve Koyanagi >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Looping in Kathryn from HR as this is within HR's purview. >>>> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>>> From: Timothy Thomas >>>> Date: Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 6:44=E2=80=AFAM >>>> Subject: Fwd: Missing Info on Contract >>>> To: Steve Koyanagi , Joey Taylor >>> joey.taylor@thekey.com> >>>> >>>> >>>> GM gents, >>>> >>>> Could you please get together to iron out and address Melissa's >>>> concerns with our MTL documentation? >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> ---------- Forwarded message --------- >>>> From: Melissa Rus >>>> Date: Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 9:41=E2=80=AFAM >>>> Subject: Missing Info on Contract >>>> To: Timothy Thomas >>>> Cc: Joey Taylor >>>> >>>> >>>> Hi Tim, >>>> >>>> I have 2 concerns regarding the caregiver offer letter. >>>> >>>> I emailed a few months ago about there being no mention of the $25 >>>> deduction fee for the employee background check in the offer letter. T= his >>>> issue only relates to Montreal since no other Canadian market does it. >>>> However, we ran into a problem with it since we didn't disclose it at = the >>>> beginning. I've attached the background check mention of both