Speakers

Michaela Bukal

Manager, Tools & Training - Proactive Compliance Branch - Pay Equity Division

Canadian Human Rights Commission

Danielle Goodleaf

Pay Equity Officer - Proactive Compliance Branch - Pay Equity Division

Canadian Human Rights Commission

Jennifer Hodgins

Jennifer Hodgins

Partner, Employment & Labour

Norton Rose Fulbright Canada LLP

Jennifer Hodgins practises in all areas of employment and labour law, including human rights, pay equity, employment standards, labour and employee relations, grievance arbitration, wrongful dismissal and health and safety matters. Jennifer has acted on behalf of employers in grievance arbitrations, human rights tribunal proceedings, wrongful dismissal claims, judicial review proceedings and federal and provincial labour board matters. She also regularly provides proactive and strategic advice to employers relating to workplace issues and labour relations, including collective bargaining.

Prior to joining our Toronto office, Jennifer practised labour and employment law at a management-side labour and employment boutique firm and completed a clerkship at the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Toronto.

She has also worked as in-house labour counsel at a large regional hospital.

Jayna Koria

Jayna Koria

Senior Principal, National Pay Equity Compliance Lead

Mercer

Meredith Parker

Meredith Parker

Senior Manager

KPMG

Meredith is a Senior Pay Equity and Compensation Consultant with over 20 years of experience in base and variable pay design and implementation, and job documentation and evaluation.  Meredith is passionate about supporting businesses in aligning total rewards with organizational strategies and facilitating the path to pay equity, identifying risks and mitigation strategies as employers and committees work towards pay equity compliance.

Rebecca Rossi

Rebecca Rossi

Lawyer

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP

Rebecca Rossi is an Associate in the Labour, Employment and Human Rights group at Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP’s Toronto office. Rebecca Rossi practices in all areas of labour, employment, and human rights law. She represents both unionized and non-unionized employers in labour arbitrations, human rights proceedings, employment litigation and assists federal clients with their pay equity obligations.

Stephanie M. Ramsay

Stephanie M. Ramsay

Partner

Mathews, Dinsdale & Clark LLP

Stephanie provides strategic and practical advice to public and private sector employers on a range of labour and employment issues, including hiring, discipline, policy drafting and implementation, accommodation and disability management, collective agreement interpretation, and workplace violence and harassment.

Stephanie represents clients in wrongful dismissal claims, disability benefits litigation, human rights complaints, and grievance arbitrations. Stephanie has appeared before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Labour Relations Board, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario and in grievance arbitration. In addition, Stephanie regularly provides training on employment standards, litigation management, human rights and the duty to accommodate, and workplace investigations.

Stephanie also has a growing pay equity practice and advises employers in the provincial and federal sectors.

Vincent Dale

Vincent Dale

Director General, Labour Market, Education and Socioeconomic Well-being Branch

Statistics Canada