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Offer Letters & Employment Agreements

10 min readLast updated June 2026Beginner levelCanada-wideOfficial-source checked

A good offer letter is cheap insurance; a bad one is the most expensive document in your business. The whole game is one paragraph — the termination clause — and one piece of timing: getting it signed before they start.

Offer Letters & Employment Agreements

A good offer letter is cheap insurance; a bad one is the most expensive document in your business. The whole game is one paragraph — the termination clause — and one piece of timing: getting it signed before they start.

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