Tuesday, May 6, 2025
Perona Farms
350 Andover Sparta Road, Andover Township, NJ
Registration and Breakfast: 8:00 – 8:30 a.m.
Program: 8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Join Laddey Clark & Ryan’s Employment and Labor Law Practice Group for an information-packed four-hour HR Refresher designed specifically for those who head employee relations for local businesses. Our experienced attorneys will discuss the legal obligations employers face and the important business decisions many employers have to make regarding their employees. There will be highlights of new law and guidance, practical examples, and time for questions. We will highlight the issues to be aware of throughout the employment process, including:

  • Hiring Employees — Job postings, interview questions, and on-boarding;
  • At-Will Employment and Employment Agreements — Consideration of employment contracts and restrictive covenants;
  • Employee Compensation — Wage laws, transparency, and audits;
  • Employee Leave Issues — Calculations and implementation of required leave, including FMLA, NJFLA, and paid sick leave;
  • Drugs and Drug Testing in the Workplace — Policies, testing, and dealing with legal cannabis use;
  • Harassment and Discrimination — New DEI and AI guidance, complaints procedures, and investigations;
  • Termination — Proper documentation, follow-ups, and severance agreements.

Please join us for this SHRM-accredited and HRCI-accredited event.

Registration fee: $50. Click here to register.

About Our Presenters

Ursula H. Leo represents both employers and employees regarding all facets of labor and employment law, including experience in litigating cases in State and Federal Courts. She also regularly counsels clients regarding employment contracts, compensation agreements, non-competition and non-disclosure agreements, severance agreements, and employee handbooks and policies.

Ursula also has extensive experience in conducting internal employment investigations, for both private and public employers. She is a frequent lecturer on employment and labor law issues.

Paul T. Szypiotko is an experienced litigator who also has substantial in-house experience with a large government transportation agency and experience representing various public entities.

Most recently, Paul was a New Jersey Deputy Attorney General (DAG) representing the Division of Child Protection and Permanency in various contested litigated matters, including permanency hearings, fact-findings and Kinship Legal Guardianship trials. Previously, he was a DAG for the New Jersey Transit (NJT) corporation where he was assisting in the build-out of the General Counsel Office. This role required him to advise or represent NJT in connection with enabling statutes, regulations, by-laws, public procurement laws, arbitration regulations, collective bargaining agreements, commercial real estate law, Federal Railroad Safety Act (FRSA) law and transactional strategies and methods for moderately complex real estate transactions. He won 80% of his labor arbitration cases while at NJT, many of which included overlapping employment-law issues related to LAD, FMLA and employment-contract interpretation. He also won a motion to dismiss an Employee Retirement Income Safety Act (ERISA) pension dispute in the U.S. District Court based upon lack of subject matter jurisdiction, and the dismissal was affirmed by the 3rd Circuit. In addition, he won a motion to dismiss an FRSA case that was before a U.S. Administrative Law judge and then also successfully got the appeal to the Administrative Review Board dismissed.