Jacques Rousse is the firm-wide Practice Group Leader of our Labour & Employment Group. He is a partner practising in Montréal.
He advises management in all matters with respect to human resources and executive compensation. In the event of litigation, he acts before arbitration boards, administrative tribunals and the civil courts in matters related to grievance arbitration, employment contracts, wrongful dismissals and human rights complaints. Mr. Rousse also appears before tribunals in matters concerning workers' compensation, occupational health and safety, and privacy law. Furthermore, he has acquired considerable experience in collective bargaining, as well as in labour and employment matters related to restructurings and mergers and acquisitions.
He represents a wide number of private and public sector employers both unionized and non-unionized, including companies and organizations in the manufacturing, health, financial, hospitality and service sectors.
Mr. Rousse is a member of the Ordre des CRHA et CRIA du Québec. He has spoken at numerous conferences and seminars related to labour relations, human rights, and occupational health and safety.
He received his LLL from the Université de Montréal in 1981 and was called to the Québec bar in 1982.