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Job Offer Review Checklist

What to check in an employment agreement, especially if you are new to Canada.

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Title, duties, manager, and start date.
Salary, pay schedule, bonus, and benefits.
Probation period and what it means.
Notice required from each side to end the job.
Whether notice meets your provincial minimum.
Non compete and non solicit clauses, which are often hard to enforce in Canada.
Who owns work you create on the job.
Any arbitration clause that limits going to court.
Overtime, hours, and vacation.
That the offer matches what you were told verbally.

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