--00000000000081ab1a061d9d5471 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="00000000000081ab19061d9d5470" --00000000000081ab19061d9d5470 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable When reviewing the options provided to us by Elizabeth, I don't believe she falls in the categories of "a" or "b". Tim - can you confirm? What is the total amount we would need to pay her if we went in that direction? 3. As a general rule, in the absence of any explicit contractual obligation, a contractor can be terminated at any time without notice or pay in lieu. *However*, if this contractor has been with the previous organization since 2017, there is a risk that she is either (a) not a contractor at all but an employee or (b) a dependent contractor, which i= s an intermediate category between an employee and an independent contract= or. People who fall within the dependent contractor category are still entit= led to notice or pay in lieu of notice (although only at common law =E2=80= =93 they do not get statutory notice). Some courts use the same ranges for dependen= t contractors as they would for employees, while others award slightly les= s because of their slightly different status. In a worst case scenario, i= f she were an employee or a dependent contractor, she could be entitled to= as much as 6 =E2=80=93 7 months=E2=80=99 notice (subject to mitigation). *Alina Evans, SHRM-SCP* Director, HR Business Partner (East) | *TheKey* Mobile: 806.451.3798 [image: TheKey] I'm sending this email during my designated work hours; please don't feel obligated to respond outside of your own. Please allow 24 hours for a response. On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 12:27=E2=80=AFPM Timothy Thomas wro= te: > Thank you Elizabeth. > > Notice was provided to Ms Wood. She was aware that her work would be > transitioning to the corporate accounting team at the start of 2024. As I > mentioned we are in good standing with her and she is not expecting a > notice payment of any kind. > > We=E2=80=99ve done this with two other accountants over the past year for= other > Canadian entities and we didn=E2=80=99t go through this exercise. > > I don=E2=80=99t really don=E2=80=99t see the potential liability here. It= =E2=80=99s a clean break. > > Alina perhaps you should check with Emily and see what she prefers to do. > > Thanks. > > > *Tim Thomas* > Head of Canada Division | *TheKey* > Mobile: 514.591.9387 > [image: TheKey] > > > On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 12:53=E2=80=AFPM Elizabeth Reid wrote: > >> Attaching the last correspondence on the bookkeeper in case it is the >> same file as Alina and Tim weren=E2=80=99t involved at that time. >> >> >> >> *Elizabeth* *Reid** (She/Her) >> Partner >> >> *T* +1 604 631 4999 | *ereid@fasken.com * >> >> *Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP* >> >> >> >> ***Upcoming vacation alert =E2=80=93 Ms. Reid will be on vacation overse= as >> between July 30 =E2=80=93 August 14, 2024 and will not have access to em= ail during >> that time.*