Jacques Reeves
Lawyer
Jacques Reeves
Lawyer
Mr. Reeves practices in the field of labour law and occupational health and safety, serving employers exclusively as legal advisor, negotiator or litigator. His practice covers all aspects of labour relations and strategic human resources planning
He has solid experience in negotiating collective agreements for private companies as well as public and parapublic sector enterprises.
Mr. Reeves acts as employer's counsel before arbitration tribunals, common law courts and other specialized labour law bodies in disputes involving the interpretation and application of collective agreements, labour laws (particularly pay equity legislation), human rights charters, as well as disciplinary and termination measures.
He specializes in governance, public and administrative law, notably for educational institutions.
Mr. Reeves has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Musée de la civilisation de Québec since 2023 and of the Institut canadien de Québec from 2010 to 2018. He taught labour law at the École de formation professionnelle du Barreau du Québec for several years.
- Workplace policies and procedures
- Administrative or disciplinary action and dismissal
- Employment contracts
- Labour and employment standards
- Collective agreement negotiation and interpretation
- Grievance arbitration
- Certification and revocation of union certification
- Charter of rights and freedoms
- Privacy and access to information legislation
- Pay equity
- Pension plans
- Harassment in the workplace
- Non-solicitation, non-competition and confidentiality clauses
- Advice on mergers and acquisitions (labour relations issues)
- Admissions and disciplinary measures
- Union accreditation, scope of accreditation certificates and impact on company transfers and reorganizations
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Law degree
(Université de Montréal, 1973)
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Mr. Reeves has lectured on a wide range of labour relations issues relating to the application of the Labour Code, the Civil Code of Québec, the Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms and collective agreements. These include:
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2024
Texting, Facebook, Teams, OnlyFans: What you need to know about workers' privacy and employers' rights, given as part of a luncheon conference organized by Beauvais Truchon s.e.n.c.r.l. -
2019
The right to privacy as part of the Colloque en droit du travail organized by Beauvais Truchon s.e.n.c.r.l. -
2015
Les clauses de non-concurrence et de non-sollicitation dans le cadre d'un contrat commercial et d'un contrat de travail, Lunch conference organized by Beauvais Truchon s.e.n.c.r.l. -
Les chercheurs post-doctoraux étrangers, leurs particularités en matière de relations de travail, Colloque sur la mobilité de la main-d'œuvre organized by the Association de planification fiscale et financière (APFF)
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2011
L'interprétation des conventions collectives (Interpretation of collective agreements), Training session as part of the Activités de diffusion des connaissances en matière de rédaction et d'interprétation juridiques organized by the Chaire de rédaction juridique Louis-Philippe-Pigeon
- Workplace policies and procedures
- Administrative or disciplinary action and dismissal
- Employment contracts
- Labour and employment standards
- Collective agreement negotiation and interpretation
- Grievance arbitration
- Certification and revocation of union certification
- Charter of rights and freedoms
- Privacy and access to information legislation
- Pay equity
- Pension plans
- Harassment in the workplace
- Non-solicitation, non-competition and confidentiality clauses
- Advice on mergers and acquisitions (labour relations issues)
- Admissions and disciplinary measures
- Union accreditation, scope of accreditation certificates and impact on company transfers and reorganizations