Senior Associate

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 deal with a wide variety of issues, including hiring and employment termination, labour standards, 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 has also developed a particular expertise with respect to 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.

Jessica appears on the Dean’s list of the Faculty of Law of the Université de Sherbrooke and has been awarded the Prix des Éditions Yvon Blais in legal writing.

Publications

• Jessica Parent and Étienne C. Laplante, " Important Changes to the CEWS announced: will you now be eligible, and what should you consider? ", july 2020
• Zeïneb Mellouli, Véronique Morin, Richard Gaudreault and Jessica Parent, " COVID-19 - Flexibility in the Federal Work-Sharing Program: A Solution for Retaining Your Human Capital? ", march 2020
• Jessica Parent and Loriane Richard, “Dividing up of certified bargaining units – The Québec Court of Appeal calls into question the automatic application of traditional criteria,” Droit de savoir, June 2017
• Myriam Lavallée and Jessica Parent, “Hiring an employee versus a self-employed worker: advantages, disadvantages and pitfalls to avoid,” article published on the Lavery Go inc. website for start-up businesses, May 2017
• Myriam Lavallée and Jessica Parent, “First-aid course required by the ministère de la Famille: is the employer required to pay for the training time?”, article published in a legal information bulletin for childcare centre managers, January 2017