Sophie Arseneault practices in the areas of employment, labour, and human rights law. Regularly working with both private and public sector employers, Sophie advises clients on a variety of employment law and labour relations matters. Sophie has assisted clients on pay equity reviews and maintenance exercises, employment equity considerations, employment standards, labour relations, wrongful dismissal claims, human rights complaints and a wide range of proceedings before the Ontario Labour Relations Board and the Canada Industrial Relations Board. She works with both unionized and non-unionized employers in a variety of industries.

Renée Caron has been a leader at the executive level in pay equity operations and policy for nearly 15 years. Recently, she played a key role in the development of the federal Pay Equity Act. She was recently appointed as the interim Equal Pay Commissioner of the Northwest Territories. She has more than 25 years’ experience in employment and labour relations, including at the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat, the Privy Council Office, the Canada Industrial Relations Board and in the private sector. She authored the seminal text, Employment in the Federal Public Service, published by Canada Law Book and cited by the Public Service Labour Relations Board, the Federal Court of Canada and the Supreme Court of Canada. Renée holds a Bachelor of Laws degree from Dalhousie University and a Master of Public Policy and Administration degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science, and is fluently bilingual. She lives in Ottawa, Ontario with her family, their dog and their cat.

John Craig’s practice is focused on providing strategic advice to employers, and representing them before arbitrators, labour relations boards, human rights tribunals and the courts.  He is a leading federal sector labour lawyer, and many of his clients operate nationally and internationally.  Over the past 15 years, John has acted as counsel in the leading constitutional cases impacting labour law.

In order to represent the interests of his clients and Canadian employers generally, John regularly attends meetings of the International Labour Organization (ILO), the World Bank, the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Inter-American Conference of Ministers of Labour (IACML).  John serves as a member of the Executive Committee of CEATAL, the hemispheric organization that represents employers within the OAS.  He is an official spokesperson of CEATAL.

John began his career as a law clerk to Chief Justice Antonio Lamer and Justice Charles Gonthier of the Supreme Court of Canada in 1994. He holds masters and doctoral degrees in comparative and international labour law from the University of Oxford, has been an Assistant Professor with the University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law since 1999, and is the Co-Director of Osgoode Hall Law School’s Professional LLM in Labour and Employment Law.   His many publications include Privacy and Employment Law, Globalization and the Future of Labour Law, and Federal Labour Law and Practice.

A recognized expert in labour, employment and human rights law, John has been ranked in leading legal directories including the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory, Best Lawyers in Canada, Who’s Who Legal and Chambers Canada.

Sandra Haydon brings over 20 years of experience working with clients in both the public and private sectors under both federal and provincial pay equity legislation.  She has worked with both unionized and non-unionized workforces on dozens of job evaluation / pay equity projects.  Prior to starting Sandra Haydon & Associates in 2014, Sandra worked for a global consulting firm where she held a number of leadership roles in the firm’s human capital practice.

Sandra has provided advice and support to organizations to create project plans and supporting communications; develop terms of reference for committees; create pay equity compliant customized job evaluation tools and support implementation of recognized off-the -shelf plans; undertake job content data collection through both questionnaires and interview processes; and train and facilitate job evaluation committees.  Over the course of her career Sandra has evaluated thousands of jobs across various occupations, levels and sectors.  Sandra has completed multiple pay equity plans including all underlying mathematical analysis covering classification and compensation design (base and performance/incentive pay), pay equity and internal equity.

Sandra is currently working with multiple organizations to support the analysis and project planning for the implementation of the new pay equity requirements under the federal legislation.  These clients include both public and provide sector organizations across the aviation, finance, and broader public service with and focus on crown corporations and agencies.  Working with these clients, Sandra has supported the development of processes and materials to support the work ahead including Notices, Communication Plans, Project Plans, and analytic tools to test current state.

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.

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.

Katie Scrim is the Chief of Analysis, Insights and Dissemination at Statistics Canada’s Centre for Labour Market Information (CLMI). Katie rejoined Statistics Canada in 2019 to manage the agency’s emerging Northern Data Strategy before moving to her current position in the Centre for Labour Market Information in early 2023. Katie also worked as an analyst at the Canadian Centre for Justice and Community Safety Statistics from before joining the Department of Justice’s Research and Statistics Division 2009. As a policy researcher and principal analyst, her work focussed on the intersectionalities of crime and victimization in Canada including among marginalized populations. Katie has always been energized by the opportunity to mobilize data and information into action towards a better Canada.

Carl Trudeau is a lawyer in the Labour, Employment & Human Rights Group in the Montréal office of Fasken.

As part of his practice, Carl advises clients in the private and public sectors on labour relations, union certification, collective agreement negotiations, occupational health and safety, and termination claims. Additionally, he provides strategic advice on pay equity matters at both the provincial and federal levels.

He also represents employers before administrative tribunals specializing in labour law, as well as before civil courts.

Jackie VanDerMeulen is a partner in the Labour, Employment and Human Rights Group at Fasken, where she practices all aspects of labour and employment law. She is a skilled advocate who regularly represents employers in labour arbitrations, interest arbitrations, federal and provincial labour board matters, human rights proceedings, employment litigation and applications for judicial review.  Jackie is recognized by Lexpert in the category of Workplace Human Rights and has developed particular expertise in accessibility legislation and pay equity.  She frequently assists federally and provincially regulated employers with their accessibility and pay equity programs, including any resulting litigation.