By Pratibha Sharma
Employees are a valuable asset of any successful business. However, in the context of the purchase and sale of a business, buyers and sellers often do not turn their minds to key labour and employment law considerations relating to these employees until a very late stage in the transaction. The parties to a transaction should not underestimate the impact that the transition of the workforce of a target business can have on both buyers and sellers. The purpose of this article is to highlight a few key labour and employment issues that arise in virtually all business acquisition and sale transactions in BC.
