--000000000000d23c6805c448a83d Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Tim, Thank you for putting this together. I will have a look at this on my flight home tomorrow afternoon. Thank you, James On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 11:55 AM Tim Thomas wrote: > Hi James, > > Sounds good. I will notify the landlord accordingly. > > Regarding the insurance, I have attached a spreadsheet detailing a 60/40 > split and one showing a 50/50 split. This shows the premiums for each tw= o > week pay period. Since we last spoke, the broker was able to negotiate t= he > increase down to approximately 25% and this is reflected in the numbers. > > *Tim Thomas* > *Home Care Assistance (Montr=C3=A9al)* > Tel: 514.907.5065 > tthomas@homecareassistance.com | > Homecareassistancemontreal.ca > > > > > > On Jun 7, 2021, at 11:08 AM, James Patchett jpatchett@homecareassistance.com> wrote: > > 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 burde= n > 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 thi= s >> 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 know= s >> 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 ha= ve >> 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 = you >> 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, w= e >> are thinking of increasing the company split t