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***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!***

HR Labor and Employment Law Legal Update

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Josh Leadford & David Bryce, Masud Labor Law

Joshua Leadford and David Bryce of Masud Labor Law Group will present an informative half-day seminar to VSHRM’s members and guests covering recent labor and employment law developments.  The presentation will provide detail about the new laws and regulations that your business must contend with.  Relevant case law examples will be reviewed which provide real world examples of what to do when faced with a volatile situation involving your employees. 

This year’s presentation is anticipated to be comprised of four segments.  Masud will present its traditional case law update focusing on key legal decisions involving labor and employment matters.  The panel will specifically cover the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act and the regulations likely to impact your operation and drastically expand the concept of workplace accommodation.  The EEOC’s proposed guidance on workplace harassment will be reviewed to better enable you to address such issues in your workplace.  Finally, participants will have the opportunity to team up and test their skills in application to various fact patterns posed by the panel.

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 has been practicing law since 2006. After graduating law school, he spent a year clerking for the First Court of Appeals in Houston, Texas. He then worked for a law firm for 8 years, handling multiple litigation and transactional matters for a number of clients, including defending clients against employment discrimination claims and providing advice on a variety of employment related matters. David later worked as in-house counsel for a public sector employer, where he represented an agency with approximately 200 employees on a number of employment law matters ranging from the Family and Medical Leave Act to EEOC complaints. David returned to Michigan in 2018, joining Masud Labor Law Group.  In his spare time, David enjoys tennis, boxing, history, college football, cooking, music, and his hound dog, Roxy.

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Welcome: 11am-11:15am

Lunch: 11:15am-12pm

Silent Auction:  11:15am-3:45pm

Program: 12pm-4pm

Wrap-up: 4pm