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HR Labor and Employment Law Legal Update

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Josh Leadford & David Bryce, Masud Labor Law

Joshua Leadford and David Bryce of the Masud Labor Law Group will present an informative half-day event for VHSRM’s members and guests. Josh will present an update on recent developments in labor and employment law. The presentation will provide detail about the new laws and regulations that your business must contend with. Josh will also discuss relevant case law examples which provide real world examples of what to do when faced with a volatile situation involving your employees. With the Biden administration focused on championing a pro-labor agenda (to the detriment of unionized and non-unionized employers alike), this is an update you do not want to miss.

In addition, the presentation will include four “speed-dating” sessions focused on topics of direct interest to VSHRM members. Indeed, you asked, and the Masud Labor Law Group will answer! These presentations will provide actionable advice on topics including: best practices for employee handbook policies; handling investigations with federal and state agencies – specifically the EEOC; dos and don’ts associated with medical examinations of employees and job applicants; and what HR needs to know about the anti-at-will legislation seemingly gaining momentum in the United States.

As always, Josh and David will devote significant time to questions raised during the presentation and look forward to a valuable and conversational meeting with VSHRM’s members and their guests.

Josh Leadford is a partner with Masud Labor Law Group and joined the firm in 2011. He focuses his practice exclusively on representing management in labor and employment law matters. During his tenure, Josh has successfully defended employers in numerous arbitrations, unfair labor practicecases, discrimination claims, other labor and employment related matters, and provides first chair representation in collective bargaining matters. Josh is admitted to practice in
all state and federal courts for the State of Michigan, including the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.

Before beginning his legal career, Josh gained significant experience dealing with labor and employment related issues. He worked for a unionized employer as a supervisor and confronted labor issues head on. The workplace division between management and union proved intriguing and thereafter, Josh focused his education on employment related matters earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resource Management from Central Michigan University. After graduating from Central Michigan, Josh began law school and was selected for a clerkship with the Michigan
Employment Relations Commission where he worked directly in the contentious area of public sector labor law. Josh graduated from Thomas M. Cooley Law School where he focused his studies in the area of labor and employment law. In addition to graduating Magna Cum Laude, he received Book Awards in several courses, including Collective Bargaining.

A Michigan native, David Bryce has been practicing law since 2006. After graduating law school, he spent a year clerking for the First Court of Appeals in Houston, TX. He then worked for a law firm for 8 years, handling multiple litigation and transactional matters in employment sector. David later worked as in-house counsel for a public sector employer, where he represented an agency with over 200 employees on a number of complex matters ranging from the FMLA to EEOC complaints. David returned to Michigan in 2018, joining the Masud Labor Law Group. David also has extensive commercial litigation experience.

David received his B.A. in History from the University of Michigan, his M.A. in Sociology from the University of Texas and his J.D. from the University of Minnesota, cum laude. His jurisdiction includes all federal and state courts for the State of Michigan, including the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals as well as the Fifth Circuit Court of Texas, including both the Eastern and Southern Districts of Texas. David joined Masud Labor Law Group in 2018 when he returned to Michigan and is now a Partner with the law firm.

***This event will also include our Silent Auction, benefiting the SHRM Foundation and the VSHRM Scholarship Program.  The Silent Auction will be available from 11:15am-3:45pm on the day of the event.  If you (or your company) wishes to donate an item to our Silent Auction, please notify us at communications@vshrm.org - thank you in advance for your support!***

Welcome: 11am-11:15am

Lunch: 11:15am-12pm

Silent Auction:  11:15am-3:45pm

Program: 12pm-4pm

Wrap-up: 4pm