Lynsey Gaudin

Lynsey is a partner in the labour and employment group at MLT Aikins, representing public and private sector employers. She regularly advises employers on collective agreement interpretation and collective bargaining, both behind the scenes and at the table. Lynsey provides everything from the day-to-day advising to advising employers with 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. She regularly sits as independent counsel to discipline committees and has experience supporting complaints and investigation committees.  

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

• Member, Executive Board, MLT Aikins
• Innovation Governance Program, Council of Canadian Innovators (2022)
• Director, Yaletown Roundhouse Community Centre (2017-2021)
• Director, Saskatchewan Abilities Council (Saskatchewan, 2014-2016)
• Student Mentor, Mother Teresa Middle School

• Recognized in the 2025 edition (and since 2024) of the Best Lawyers in Canada (Labour and Employment Law)
• Recognized in the 2025 edition of the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (Repeatedly Recommended – Workplace Human Rights (employer))
• Recognized in the 2024 edition of the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory (Workplace Human Rights (employer))

• Presenter, “Workplace Defamation: When employers, unions and employees trash each other publicly,” “Innocent Frustration: Non-culpable endings to the employment relationship,” “What an ageism-free workplace looks like,” 29th Annual BC Labour Law Review (April 2024)
• Panel Presenter, Bargaining in the Broader Public Sector Conference, Lancaster House (November 2023)
• Co-presenter, “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,” 28^th Annual BC Labour Law Review (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, Cross Canada Employment Law Panel, Canadian Association of Counsel to Employers (October 2021)
• Chair, “Sanctions: Guilty, Now What?” Professional Regulation Webinar (September 2021)
• Presenter, The 26^th Annual BC Labour Law Review Webinar Series (November 2020)
• Presenter, “Accommodation: Investing and Handling Accommodation Requests,” HR Online Employment Law Masterclass (Vancouver, February 2020)
• Co-presenter, “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,” 25^th Annual British Columbia Labour Law Review (Vancouver, December 2019)
• Presenter, “#MeToo: Preventing and Investigating Workplace Sexual Harassment” MLT Aikins Workshop (Vancouver, October 2019)
• Co-presenter, “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,” 24^th Annual British Columbia Labour Law Review (Vancouver, December 2018)
• Presenter, “In the Legal Weeds,” Alberta Employment Law Update Seminar, MLT Aikins (Calgary, October 2018)
• Presenter, “Management Development,” Accommodation Law Conference, Centre for Labour (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,” Labour Update, MLT Aikins (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,” Labour Update, MLT Aikins (May 2016)
• Presenter, “Accommodation and Human Rights Law Update,” Aboriginal Employment Law Update, MLT Aikins (September 2016)
• Presenter, “Estate Planning and Litigation Trends,” Mid-Winter Meeting, Canadian Bar Association (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)