--0000000000006ab56305c42e6c7e Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Good Morning Tim, Apologies for the delayed response as last week was very busy and then I took off and went off the grid for a couple days. I agree with your thoughts on the lease. We should have the landlord try and rent out the space and see what he comes back with. We have TMR as an alternate location to use as needed for now and that would drop our burden for the rent on the Westmount office. If the landlord does find a tenant we would want to restart the search for a new space.... I also dont think it hurts to keep that search on the back burner just in case something comes up a little quicker than we expect. Regarding the insurance. Can you please give me a breakdown of the cost as they currently stand, the increase overall that the company and employees are going to experience if we kept it 60/40 and then what the cost would look like at a 50/50 split? Thank you, James On Wed, May 26, 2021 at 9:17 AM Tim Thomas wrote: > Hi James, > > I spoke to the landlord for the Westmount location and the lease has in > fact automatically renewed for five years effective September 1st of this > year. He=E2=80=99s open to helping us modify or exit the lease if that= =E2=80=99s our wish > by marketing one or both spaces. Remember our location comprises two > retail spots that were combined. He seems pretty confident but who knows > how long it would take. We would have to decide what we want to do. I > think we should put the search for a new space on hold and tell the > landlord to go ahead and try to rent the space. Right now, we always hav= e > TMR as a fallback. > > On the subject of our group insurance, as I mentioned its up for renewal > June 1 and we are looking at premium increases in the range of 35%. As y= ou > know, the company pays 40% and the employee pays 60%. In the interim, > since corporate is looking at introducing a broader program of benefits > which hopefully will result in lower insurance costs for the employee, we > are thinking of increasing the company split to 50% to help offset some o= f > the higher cost. > > Thoughts? > > > *Tim Thomas* > *Home Care Assistance (Montr=C3=A9al)* > Tel: 514.907.5065 > tthomas@homecareassistance.com | > Homecareassistancemontreal.ca > > > > > > > --=20 James Patchett Director of International Operations, Franchise Support, Business Support Group Home Care Assistance Direct: (727) 729-2068 www.homecareassistance.com --- Read Our Testimonials Join Our Newsletter We Are Hiring! Champions of Aging Well --0000000000006ab56305c42e6c7e Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Good Morning Tim, Apologies for the del= ayed response as last week was very busy and then I took off and went off t= he grid for a couple days.=C2=A0=C2=A0 I agree wit= h your thoughts on the lease. We should have the landlord try and rent out = the space and see what he c