The purpose of this assignment is to develop students understanding of business law when operating a business in Canada with respect to employment law and business organizations.

Each student is to submit their own assignment. Please do not discuss your answers with other students. Please submit your assignment through the assignment tab on blackboard. The weight of this assignment is 15% of your grade.

You and two of your friends own a restaurant. Although the government has loosened restrictions as to how you can run the restaurant, Covid 19 has taken a huge financial toll on your restaurant business. As a result of the harsh economic times, you and the co-owners have decided that you are no longer able to keep some of your employees.

1) Discuss the form of business that you and your friends decided to run. Explain why you chose the form of business, addressing both the advantages and disadvantages of the form of business. Also address the name you chose for your business and any concerns you had when choosing your restaurants business name.

2) You have decided to terminate Shane, the restaurant manager, who has been working at the restaurant for 5 years, due to the fact that business has substantially decreased. What are your legal obligations to Shane.

3) You have also decided to terminate your chef Lorne, who has been working for at the restaurant for 4 years, because you caught him selling some of the restaurants secret recipes to the restaurant down the street for cash.

4) Your dishwasher Steve, who has been working for you for 3 years, has quit because you reduced the number of weekly shifts he normally receives, from 6 days per week to 2 days per week.

5) You decided to terminate your waitress Stacy, because she would not come to work 2 times in the last month because of religious holidays.