Personnel

Things to consider

- Legal Assistant/Paralegal

• Full-time
• Part-time
• Temporary
• Hours, flex-time
• Sharing personnel with other professionals – conflicts / “Chinese walls”
• Training

- Employee benefits

• Vacation, holidays
• Sick leave
• Overtime policy
• Medical insurance
• Retirement plan

- T1 CRA forms

- Confidentiality agreement (review LIANS’ Sample Letters page)

- Employment applications

Resources

“Building your support team” Law Society of Upper Canada (retrieved January 29, 2016)

Lawyers' Insurance Association of Nova Scotia "Human Resources / Staff Management"

Lawyers' Insurance Association of Nova Scotia "Succession Planning"