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Jessica Parent is a member of Lavery's Labour and Employment group.

Education

• LL.B, Université de Sherbrooke, 2015
• Short program in labour relations, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, 2016
• Certificate in Translation, University of Toronto, 2020

As part of her practice, she is called upon to provide counsel to employers on a wide variety of issues, including hiring and employment termination, performance management, employment standards, employment policies, human rights and freedoms, collective agreement decrees, disciplinary measures and the interpretation and application of employment contracts and collective agreements.

Jessica is regularly involved in complex files dealing with the purchase and sale of businesses, whether it be at the due diligence stage or to provide strategic advice in connection with the integration of employees. She works closely with clients on the preparation and review of key employees' employment agreements, consulting agreements, incentive compensation plans, restrictive covenant agreements and change of control and retention agreements. She has also developed a particular expertise with respect to the application of the Charter of the French Language in the workplace as well as regulatory requirements for personnel placement agencies and temporary foreign worker recruitment agencies.

Before joining Lavery, Jessica worked as a labour relations consultant in the hospital sector, where she gained practical experience in collective labour relations and workplace investigations. During her university studies, she worked in the legal affairs department of the Commission des normes, de l'équité, de la santé et de la sécurité du travail.

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