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About
Provided by Jackie VanDerMeulen
Practice Areas
Jackie VanDerMeulen practices all aspects of labour, employment and human rights law. She is a skilled advocate who regularly represents employers in labour arbitrations, interest arbitrations, federal and provincial labour board matters, human rights proceedings (including pay equity), employment litigation and applications for judicial review. She also supports employers with collective bargaining and day-to-day employment advice.
Jackie has gained valuable experience in pay equity, employment equity and other aspects of equitable pay. Her technical knowledge of the pay equity process, including job evaluations and compensation comparison, together with her advocacy experience and knowledge of labour relations, have positioned Jackie to collaborate with dozens of Canada's largest employers on their pay equity strategies.
Jackie advises Canadian businesses (operating both inside and outside of Canada), on how to best manage the risk of human rights impacts in their operations and supply chains, as well as guiding them on corporate reporting obligations, including those under Canada’s new Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act.
Chambers Review
Canada
Jackie VanDerMeulen is a highly experienced labour, employment and human rights lawyer who excels in pay equity issues.
Jackie VanDerMeulen is a well-regarded labour and employment lawyer, who has notable experience in contentious employment matters, such as wrongful terminations and discrimination claims. Based in Toronto, she represents both provincial and national clients, and her expertise also extends to workplace human rights and collective bargaining issues.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Jackie is wonderful to work with. An overall stellar lawyer."
"Terrific lawyer with exceptional skills."
"Jackie is an absolute delight - practical, responsive and thinks about what we really need as a company. And she is a really good listener. I would trust her with my eyes closed."
"Jackie VanDerMeulen is so easy to work with. Of all the people, she is an absolute delight, practical, responsive, and thinks about what we really need as a company."
"Jackie is a really good listener and collaborator. I would trust her with my eyes closed. On pay equity advisory matters she is great too and really proactive. She thinks in advance."
"Jackie is an excellent counsel; she is thorough, careful, knowledgeable, experienced, and finds the ideal solution for her client."
"Jackie is wonderful to work with. An overall stellar lawyer."
"Terrific lawyer with exceptional skills."
"Jackie is an absolute delight - practical, responsive and thinks about what we really need as a company. And she is a really good listener. I would trust her with my eyes closed."
"Jackie VanDerMeulen is so easy to work with. Of all the people, she is an absolute delight, practical, responsive, and thinks about what we really need as a company."
"Jackie is a really good listener and collaborator. I would trust her with my eyes closed. On pay equity advisory matters she is great too and really proactive. She thinks in advance."
"Jackie is an excellent counsel; she is thorough, careful, knowledgeable, experienced, and finds the ideal solution for her client."
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