Description

As organizations expand beyond Canadian borders, HR plays a critical role in shaping workforce strategy, managing risk, and enabling business growth.
Yet differences in employment practices, compliance requirements, benefits structures, and workforce expectations can create significant complexity.

This fireside chat brings together experienced HR leaders to discuss the realities of supporting employees across Canada and the United States.
Through practical examples and open discussion, you’ll gain insights into common challenges, overlooked considerations, and the leadership approaches
that help organizations navigate cross-border workforce decisions successfully.

Designed to help you,

Make more informed workforce and talent decisions
Anticipate cross-border HR risks and considerations
Strengthen your strategic value to organizational leaders
Support growth initiatives with greater confidence

About the Facilitators

Natalie Paris
Director, People Solutions
Natalie Paris is a Director, People Solutions with more than 20 years of experience leading people strategies, employee relations, and organizational transformation across North America.
Throughout her career at Concentrix spanning multiple leadership roles—including HR Manager, Regional HR Manager, Associate Director, and Director – Natalie has supported diverse businesses and employee populations across Canada and the United States.
Based in Nova Scotia, Natalie partners with leaders to navigate complex workforce challenges, including employee relations, workplace investigations, accommodations, organizational change, and legal compliance.
Known for a practical, people-first leadership style, Natalie brings deep experience in both Canadian and U.S. employment environments and is passionate about helping organizations balance business success with employee experience.

Vivian Chaisson
Human Resources Manager
Vivian Chaisson is an HR Manager based in Bedford, Nova Scotia, with more than 20 years of experience in employee relations, compliance, benefits administration, talent acquisition, workforce planning, organizational development, and HR operations. She supports employees across multiple Canadian provinces and U.S. states, helping navigate the people, compliance, and operational requirements of a geographically diverse workforce.
Following her organization’s return to the U.S. market after the pandemic, Vivian helped rebuild the HR framework needed to support a growing cross-border workforce, including employment-based visas, state registrations, benefits implementation, employment compliance, and HR policies. Through curiosity, persistence, and collaboration with subject matter experts, she developed hands-on expertise in cross-border workforce expansion and now shares practical lessons, key challenges, and valuable insights to help other HR professionals navigate the complexities of employing workers across Canada and the United States.

Sarah Ording, PHR, SHRM-CP
VP, People Solutions
Sarah Ording, SHRM-SCP, SPHR, is Vice President of People Solutions and a transformational HR leader with more than 25 years of experience across BPO, telecommunications, technology, and healthcare. She leads HR strategy and performance for a workforce of approximately 20,000 employees across North America and has supported business operations in Canada and the United States for the past eight years.
Sarah specializes in modernizing HR through AI, automation, analytics, and digital transformation. Her experience includes leading global HR shared services across North America, Latin America, and EMEA, as well as supporting mergers, acquisitions, and large-scale organizational change. As a member of the Equifax Client Advisory Board, she brings a unique perspective on the intersection of technology, workforce strategy, and the future of work. Sarah is passionate about helping organizations leverage technology to create more human-centered employee experiences and future-ready workplaces.