Speakers and Presentations |
| John Hagan - Managing Attorney, Hagan Law Group John Hagan is an attorney who is Board Certified in HR law and who has been practicing for 26 years. He is the former president of MCHRA, DallasHR and Collin County HR. He currently serves as a board member for North Texas SHRM and Texoma SHRM. He co-wrote two books on Texas HR law. He provides regular legal updates via email and LinkedIn and so leave him your card if you want to receive them. Presentation Topic: What to Expect in '26; HR Laws to Get Prepared For Several new laws, agency rule changes, Executive Orders, and court decisions will shape how HR professionals operate in 2026. |
Wade Forsman Wade Forsman provides thorough legal services to the Sulphur Springs, TX community. With over 30 years of experience in labor and employment law, he is well known for his quality legal work. service. Wade Forsman has been Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law for Over 23 Years by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Wade has been licensed to practice law in the State of Texas since 1990. Presentation Topic: Wanna Get Sued? Here's How! HR professionals make mistakes. Sometimes those mistakes get their companies sued. After 35 years of legal practice, Wade knows what those mistakes are and can teach us how to avoid them or at least make them less problematic. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wade-a-forsman-0b84bb4 |
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| Renee Schuldt Renee Schuldt represents and counsels management clients on employment law matters. Ms. Schuldt works with employers to draft and revise handbooks and employment policies. Ms. Schuldt also practices in state and federal courts, in arbitration disputes, and before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Department of Labor. Her representative experience includes defending employers on discrimination, harassment, and retaliation claims brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act ("Title VII"), the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), and the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA"). Presentation Topic: Employee Handbooks in 2025 and Beyond Summary: This presentation will cover important policies to maintain in an Employee Handbook. We will briefly address the importance of periodically examining long-standing must-have policies - like EEO, Anti-Harassment, Anti-Retaliation, Complaint Procedure, Attendance, and Timekeeping, etc. - and focus primarily topics that have become more prevalent in the last five years like remote-work, social media use, artificial intelligence, and electronic monitoring. LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/renee-schuldt-9104a2128/ |
This program will be submitted for 6 SHRM PDC. North Texas SHRM is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP. For more information, visit the SHRM certification website at www.shrmcertification.org. This program will be submitted for 6 General recertification credit hours toward aPHR™, aPHRi™, PHR®, PHRca®, SPHR®, GPHR®, PHRi™, or SPHRi™ recertification through HR Certification Institute® (HRCI®). |
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