***Registration for this event will close after Thursday, May 7th.***

***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 fill out this form - thank you in advance for your support!***

HR Labor and Employment Law Legal Update

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Dave Masud, McGraw Morris Masud
David Bryce, McGraw Morris Masud
Kraig Schutter, McGraw Morris Masud
Angelo Berlasi, McGraw Morris Masud

Presenters at the event from McGraw Morris Masud will include David Masud, Kraig Schutter, David Bryce, and Angelo Berlasi. They will provide attendees with an informative half-day seminar covering recent developments in the past year that human resources professionals need to know including: (1) The operations and focus of federal labor and employment agencies, such as the National Labor Relations Board, (2) federal and state court cases affecting employment decisions, and (3) aspects of the recently enacted Big Beautiful Bill that impact everyday human resources professionals, as well as (4) an overview of what every employer must have in their employee handbook, with a particular focus on leave policies. We will wrap up the event with an extended, interactive question and answer session allowing attendees to get answers to their questions about the real life situations they are facing in the workplace.

Angelo Berlasi is an attorney in McGraw Morris Masud's Troy office. He focuses his practice in labor and employment counseling and litigation, municipal law, and insurance defense. He has experience representing both private and public entities in matters involving allegations of discrimination, harassment, and retaliation; drafting employment policies and procedures; sales representative claims; bargaining unit disputes; and employment contract drafting and negotiation. Angelo received his J.D. from the University of Detroit Mercy School of Law where he was a Dean’s Fellow.

A Saginaw native, Dave Masud has a long history of dealing with labor issues. After graduating from Buena Vista High School, he worked as a line foreman supervisor at General Motors’ Grey Iron Foundry and dealt directly with the United Auto Workers.  After graduating from college, he was hired as a public sector Assistant Department Head during the middle of a 13-week strike with the Teamsters.  While his work experience taught him how to fairly balance the needs of labor and management, he could see that business owners required more aggressive, and better, legal representation.

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, 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 McGraw Morris Masud.  In his spare time, David enjoys tennis, boxing, history, college football, cooking, music, and his hound dog, Roxy.

Kraig Schutter discovered in college that he possessed an affinity for problem-solving and reasoned arguments.  A lifelong learner with strong conservative principles, he naturally gravitated to labor law for his life’s work.  While in law school, he excelled in labor and employment law, which prompted him to seek and obtain a Master of the Laws degree in Labor Law.  He puts his talents to good use consulting with and representing management-side clientele in all of their labor and employment concerns.

Welcome: 11am-11:15am

Lunch: 11:15am-12pm

Silent Auction:  11:15am-3:45pm

Program: 12pm-4pm

Wrap-up: 4pm

After Hours Event - Gimmicks (next door to Great Hall): 4:15pm-6pm

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