Meaghan MacMaster, CIPP/C, CPHR

Associate

• Suite 1000, Brunswick House
  44 Chipman Hill
  Saint John, N.B.
  E2L 2A9
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Language(s) spoken: English

Bar Admission(s): New Brunswick, 2015

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Legal Assistant(s): Rosemary Bautista

Meaghan is a labour, employment, and privacy lawyer in Stewart McKelvey’s Saint John office. She advises employers across Canada, including those in federally regulated sectors, on the full scope of legal rights and responsibilities in their relationships with employees and unions.

With over 15 years of experience working for international companies in the transportation, energy, and manufacturing sectors, Meaghan is a trusted advisor who delivers meaningful, actionable advice. Her hands-on business experience and legal expertise allow her to partner effectively with senior leadership to navigate challenges and implement practical solutions. She is also a certified change management professional with deep experience spanning privacy, human resources, health and safety, labour and employee relations, and workplace investigations.

As a trained workplace investigator, Meaghan conducts investigations into harassment, sexual harassment and assault, discrimination, and other forms of workplace misconduct. She also regularly delivers training to HR, labour relations, and leadership teams on topics such as workplace policies, human rights, disciplinary procedures, and attendance management.

Meaghan has developed a strong national and regional practice helping clients understand pay equity and pay transparency legislation. She has led the implementation of committee-led pay equity plans for federally regulated employers and advises organizations on compensation analysis, job evaluation, and compliance with pay equity legislation across multiple jurisdictions. As pay equity and transparency frameworks continue to evolve across Canada, her practical approach helps employers design and sustain equitable compensation systems that support both compliance and employee engagement.

In her former role as Privacy Officer for a large international organization, she was directly involved in contract negotiations, policy development, privacy impact assessments, and the implementation of information governance programs tailored to HR records management. She also developed records management policies and procedures to support compliance and accountability.

Meaghan’s general experience includes:

Insight Investigations & Training

As part of the Firm’s Insight Investigations & Training team, Meaghan works with organizations across Canada to foster respectful, high-functioning workplaces. She conducts independent, trauma-informed workplace investigations and delivers practical training that equips HR professionals and leaders to manage sensitive issues with confidence and clarity.

Labour and Employment

• Development and delivery of employment related training, including workplace investigations, positive employee relations and attendance management
• Development of employment related policies and processes, such as attendance management and safe and respectful workplace policies
• Legal compliance review of employment agreements, policies, practices and training
• Providing proactive advice to employers on complex disability management cases
• Defending claims for wrongful dismissal and constructive dismissal
• Defending employers in human rights and workers compensation claims
• Responding to employee appeals of workers’ compensation decisions
• Defending labour grievances & certification applications

Privacy

• Contract negotiations, policy reviews, privacy impact assessments, addressing complaints and advising businesses with respect to data breaches
• Providing guidance on the compliance to Canadian privacy law, including Quebec’s Act respecting the protection of personal information in the private sector (Law 25)
• Privacy compliance training