Albert owns a local hardware store.For years it has been run only by him and his wife.He
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Albert owns a local hardware store.For years it has been run only by him and his wife.He was able to work many hours so that they did not have to hire any employees.
Now, unfortunately, Albert's health is not good.His doctor has told him that he has to take six months off of work, at a minimum.
Albert does not want to close his store so he has decided to run an ad in the local paper to invite people to apply for a job with him.He plans to hire 3 or 4 employees.
He comes to see you for advice.He wants to hire them only for a six month period of time.Given that it may only be temporary, he does not want to deduct any income tax from their pay for the remittance to the government and he does not want to advise the Workers Safety and Insurance Board that he is hiring employees.He also does not want to put the contract in writing.
Further, given it's a slow time of the year and he thinks that its very 'easy' work to sit at a cash register in his store, he wants to start the new employees off at $12 per hour (which is less than minimum wage) and tell them to work 6 days per week at 9 hours a day.He does not want to pay overtime.
Albert goes to see you, his lawyer.
question: 1.What do you tell him about his above mentioned plans? and Advise him so that he may move forward, legally, with his plan.