Avery Law Office

Avery Law Office Avery Law Office is a boutique law firm working for Summerland and surrounding locations.

In an ideal world an employee will quit by providing a two-week notice and at the end of the two weeks will stop working...
06/02/2023

In an ideal world an employee will quit by providing a two-week notice and at the end of the two weeks will stop working. Sometimes though an employee gets so frustrated and states “I quit” and walks out of the place of the employment. As an employer though one cannot be too quick to accept this as the employee’s resignation. Courts in British Columbia have determined findings of wrongful dismissal when an employer has accepted resignations in the circumstances described above.

Learn more about this topic in another blog post by Anne-Marie

https://averylawoffice.ca/2023/05/10/quitting-is-not-always-quitting/

Preparing a letter of wishes which is a letter outlining your wishes on various matters such as your children's upbringi...
06/01/2023

Preparing a letter of wishes which is a letter outlining your wishes on various matters such as your children's upbringing, the management of your children's finances, the distribution of your personal property or your funeral intentions and wishes is a great planning tool when used properly. Seek advice on how to prepare a letter of wishes that fits in with your planning goals.

Phone: 778-516-2675
Email: [email protected]

As an employer sometimes you need to fundamentally change an employee’s conditions of working that detrimentally affect ...
05/30/2023

As an employer sometimes you need to fundamentally change an employee’s conditions of working that detrimentally affect an employee.

This can include changing reducing hours of work required or reducing compensation provided.

If fundamental changes are required a new employment contract should be created or an addendum added to the already existing employment contract.

Learn more about this topic in another blog post by Anne-Marie

https://averylawoffice.ca/2023/05/04/fundamental-changes-require-consideration/

If you thinking about how to protect a gift to a contingent beneficiary, such as protect assets in favour of children, a...
05/22/2023

If you thinking about how to protect a gift to a contingent beneficiary, such as protect assets in favour of children, after the death of the first spouse, in the event of remarriage, spend some time learning about mutual wills. A mutual will is a type of will made along with a binding agreement between two or more people, typically spouses, that their estate will be distributed in accordance with their agreement.

This usually means that the legally binding agreement prevents one party from revoking their will without the consent of the other and, if one party dies without revoking the will, the survivor is bound by the terms of the mutual will and cannot change it. The idea is that the mutual will, after the death of the first party, results in the survivor holding the estate assets in trust in favour of the beneficiaries named in a mutual will.

Learn more about wills & estate planning here - https://averylawoffice.ca/summerland-princeton-law-services/wills-and-estate-planning/

In British Columbia, you may immediately dismiss an employee without severance pay or reasonable notice but only with ca...
05/18/2023

In British Columbia, you may immediately dismiss an employee without severance pay or reasonable notice but only with cause. Courts have determined that for an employer to be able to dismiss with cause the employee must have done something which has created irreversible damage to the employer-employee relationship.

The misconduct of the employee must be so serious that the employment relationship cannot be repaired or continued. Most commonly courts have found theft, sexual harassment, intoxication, and fraud to be worthy of immediate just cause.

Learn more about this topic in another educational blog post by Anne-Marie

https://averylawoffice.ca/2023/04/26/just-cause/

Protection from discrimination applies in all parts of employment. An employer cannot factor one of the protected ground...
05/17/2023

Protection from discrimination applies in all parts of employment. An employer cannot factor one of the protected grounds in any decision regarding conditions or terms of employment.

This protection from discrimination even extends to protecting an employee from discrimination from fellow employees.

Learn more about this topic in another educational blog post by Anne-Marie

https://averylawoffice.ca/2023/04/24/discrimination-in-the-workplace/

One of the most important things you can do as an employer to protect your business and ensure fairness in the workplace...
05/05/2023

One of the most important things you can do as an employer to protect your business and ensure fairness in the workplace is to have a written employment contract.

When an employment relationship does not work out having a well-written employment contract can protect your business from court claims.

A well-written employment contract can also help assist if any issues come up regarding the terms of employment including the following:

Hours of employment;
Compensation;
Vacation time;
Notice in the event of termination; and
Duties expected of the employee

Learn more about this topic in another blog post by Anne-Marie

https://averylawoffice.ca/2023/03/15/the-importance-of-employment-contracts/

As an employer, you do have the right to include a non-competition clause, in British Columbia, as part of offering empl...
05/03/2023

As an employer, you do have the right to include a non-competition clause, in British Columbia, as part of offering employment but the clause has to be reasonable. A non-compete clause essentially restricts an employee from activities that cause “competition” with the employer even when the employee is no longer employed. For example, this can include restricting an employee from opening a new business that is the exact same as the previous employer.

Learn more about Non-Competition Clauses in our latest blog post by Anne-Marie

https://averylawoffice.ca/2023/03/15/non-competition-clauses/

A will-maker can help to protect their digital estate (think emails, digital photos, and online accounts including banki...
05/01/2023

A will-maker can help to protect their digital estate (think emails, digital photos, and online accounts including banking and social media) by creating a memorandum of digital assets in electronic and written form.

Keep it as up-to-date as possible and put it with your will. Don't include usernames and passwords in your will.

Phone: 778-516-2675
Email: [email protected]

Our Princeton location may be closed but don't forget we offer mobile services to Princeton, Tulameen, Hedley & surround...
04/12/2023

Our Princeton location may be closed but don't forget we offer mobile services to Princeton, Tulameen, Hedley & surrounding locations.

We will be closing our physical location in Princeton and offering mobile services effective March 31, 2023. In preparat...
01/26/2023

We will be closing our physical location in Princeton and offering mobile services effective March 31, 2023. In preparation for our office closure, we will be reducing our office days to 3 days a week, Monday to Wednesday from 8:30am - 4:30pm. We look forward to continuing to serve the surrounding communities with this new mobile experience.

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104 – 9901 Main Street
Summerland, BC
V0H1Z5

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 9am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 9am - 4:30pm
Thursday 9am - 4:30pm
Friday 9am - 4:30pm

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