Lynsey Gaudin

Partner

(she/her)

Vancouver / Services provided by Lynsey M. Gaudin Law Corporation

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Education & Qualifications

  • British Columbia Bar (2017)
  • Saskatchewan Bar (2012)
  • JD (Saskatchewan, 2011)
  • BA advanced with honours (Manitoba, 2007)

Lynsey is a member of our leading labour and employment practice. Her practical approach provides straightforward solutions for clients.

Lynsey is a lawyer in the labour and employment group at MLT Aikins, representing public and private sector employers. She regularly advises employers on collective agreement interpretation and bargaining, drafting workplace policies, discipline and discharge, and navigating workplace accommodations and human rights issues. Lynsey also practises in the area of professional regulation and administrative law.

In 2022, Lynsey completed the seven-week Innovation Governance Program provided by the Council of Canadian Innovators.

  • Council of Canadian Innovators, Innovation Governance Program (2022)
  • Director, Yaletown Roundhouse Community Centre (2017-present)
  • Director, Saskatchewan Abilities Council (2014-2016)
  • Student Mentor, Mother Teresa Middle School
  • Secretary, Real Property & Wills South, Canadian Bar Association (2013-2016)
  • Volunteer, University of Saskatchewan Campus Legal Services (2008-2009)
  • Co-Presenter with Jitesh Mistry, 28th Annual BC Labour Law Review: “Workplace Privacy: Reasonable Expectations and Unreasonable Intrusions,” “Key Employee Duties in the Workplace,” “Sexual Harassment and Assault in the Workplace: Tougher Laws, Better Practices” and “Racial Discrimination in the Workplace: Higher Legal Expectations on Employers” (February 2023)
  • Presenter,  7 Things Every Employer Needs to Know (British Columbia), MLT Aikins (April 2023)
  • Presenter, “Discipline Panel Essentials: Importance of Evidence,” Professional Regulation Webinar (March 2022)
  • Presenter, “BC HR Professionals Webinar” (February 2022)
  • Presenter, “Discipline Panel Essentials: The Hearing Process,” Professional Regulation Webinar (February 2022)
  • Chair, CACE — Cross Canada Employment Law Panel (October 2021)
  • Chair, “Sanctions: Guilty, Now What?” Professional Regulation Webinar (September 2021)
  • Presenter, The 26th Annual BC Labour Law Review Webinar Series (November 2020)
  • Presenter, “Accommodation: Investing and Handling Accommodation Requests,” HR Online Employment Law Masterclass, Vancouver (February 19, 2020)
  • Co-presenter with Lindsay Lyster of Moore Edgar Lyster LLP, “Common Myths About Cannabis and the Workplace,” “Privacy Intrusions Unions Don’t Like,” “The Me Too Movement is Alive and Kicking at Work” and “Getting Last Chance Agreements Right,” 25th Annual British Columbia Labour Law Review (Vancouver, December 11, 2019)
  • Presenter, “#MeToo: Preventing and Investigating Workplace Sexual Harassment” MLT Aikins LLP Workshop (Vancouver, October 2019)
  • Co-presenter with Lindsay Waddell of Moore Edgar Lyster LLP, “10 Ways Legalized Pot Will Shake Up Your Workplace,” “How to Say No to a Sexualized Workplace,” “New Cases That Change the State of Drug Testing” and “Investigation Horror Stories,” 24th Annual British Columbia Labour Law Review (Vancouver, December 4, 2018)
  • Presenter, “In the Legal Weeds,” MLT Aikins Alberta Employment Law Update seminar (Calgary, October 17, 2018)
  • Presenter, Accommodation Law Conference for the Centre for Labour – Management Development (Vancouver, 2018)
  • Co-presenter, “Medical and Recreational Marijuana in the Workplace,” MLT Aikins Workshop (March 2018)
  • Presenter, “Medical and Recreational Marijuana in the Workplace,” Fort St. John & District Chamber of Commerce (September 2017)
  • Presenter, “Open Forum,” MLT Aikins Labour Update (May 2017)
  • Presenter, “Privacy Primer for Employers,” MLT Aikins (January 2017)
  • Presenter, “Estate Litigation Update,” Willing Wisdom Seminar, PFM Capital Inc. (May 2016)
  • Presenter, “The Duty to Accommodate,” MLT’s HR Professionals Seminar (September 2016)
  • Presenter, “Labour Relations Board Update,” MLT’s Labour Update (May 2016)
  • Presenter, “Accommodation and Human Rights Law Update,” MLT’s Aboriginal Employment Law Update (September 2016)
  • Presenter, “Estate Planning and Litigation Trends,” Canadian Bar Association Mid-Winter Meeting (2014)
  • Presenter, “Interplay Between Family Law and Wills, Estates and Trusts,” Wills, Estates and Trusts: End of Life Decision Making, Law Society of Saskatchewan Continuing Professional Development (October 2014)