GMA SHRM Professional Development Summit

November 18, 2025

Alliant Energy Center

1919 Alliant Energy Way
Madison, WI
  
     

Session 1    8:00-10:00
Catching Up on the Latest Developments
in Employment Law

  

Session 2     10:15-12:00  
Two Hot Topics in Employment and Labor Law:
• Responding to Common Disability Accommodation Requests
• The NLRB Under Trump 2.0.  
Presented by:  Brian P. Goodman and Storm B. Larson  
 - Boardman Clark 		   Presented By:  Michael R. Gotzler and Jennifer Ciralsky
 - Littler

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Session 1

Brian and Storm return to the Aliant Energy Center once more to make sure HR professionals are up to date on a wide variety of employment law developments.  Bringing their usual energy and excitement, these attorneys will make sure that you not only know what the law says but are prepared to comply in practice.  Be ready to engage with your colleagues through a few different hypothetical situations so that you are ready if these legal issues come to your organization.


Attendees of this program will learn:

  • About changes to employment regulations and laws at the federal, state, and local levels
  • About existing legal issues that are becoming more relevant
  • How to put legal compliance into practice to benefit their organizations
  

Session 2

This session will cover two separate topics. First, we will discuss and analyze the increasingly complex leave and accommodation requests HR professionals are facing, especially around extended leave scenarios. We’ll dive into practical approaches for handling leave and accommodation issues, including legal obligations, risk mitigation, and how to navigate the interactive process. Then, we will turn to the continued shift in labor law and the wave of change Trump 2.0 is ushering in. A new NLRB General Counsel and Republican-majority Board are expected to reverse many Biden-era precedents, offering employers a temporary reset—but not a solution to the deeper labor relations challenges that remain. We will explore what employers should expect from the NLRB over the next three years and how to strategically manage labor relations in this current environment. Attendees will leave with actionable insights to strengthen compliance and reduce exposure in today’s evolving workplace.

Participants will learn:

  • Practical approaches for handling leave and accommodation issues, including legal obligations, risk mitigation, and how to navigate the interactive process.
  • How to strategically manage labor relations in this current environment.
  • Actionable insights to strengthen compliance and reduce exposure in today’s evolving workplace.
SPEAKER BIO     SPEAKER BIO  

Brian P. Goodman is an attorney and a member of the labor and employment and school law practice groups of Boardman Clark. He assists employers with a wide range of legal issues including, hiring, discipline, terminations, leave issues under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), accommodation issues under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), and many other day-to-day matters.   Mr. Goodman is a frequent writer, presenter, and trainer on employment law matters. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin Law School, magna cum laude, and was elected to the Order of the Coif. Mr. Goodman currently serves as Past President of the Wisconsin School Attorneys Association, and is a past VP on the GMA SHRM Board of Directors.


Storm B. Larson is an associate with Boardman Clark, Madison where his practice is primarily devoted to labor and employment law. Storm regularly counsels and litigates on behalf of his clients on all aspects of employment law. In his employment counseling practice, he takes a practical approach to help guide employers through difficult scenarios to help them avoid costly litigation and to resolve problems before they escalate. However, when problems do escalate and litigation cannot be avoided, he is experienced in litigating before state and federal courts and agencies. Storm also routinely speaks and presents on employment law issues to help educate human resources audiences on employment law topics.		  
Michael R. Gotzler represents employers in all aspects of labor and employment matters, including labor management relations. Mike’s practice includes employment litigation, employee leave and accommodation issues, wage and hour compliance, noncompete agreements and other restrictive covenants, independent contractor issues, and labor relations.
Mike has also represented the staffing industry on a wide range of legal issues and legislative and regulatory matters. He played a key role in passage of the Wisconsin laws that regulate PEOs (professional employer organizations) and was recognized by the industry for his efforts.

Mike has particular skill in responding to claims and issues surrounding joint and coemployment, the use of third party workers, independent contractors, and outsourced HR services. He has presented at national conferences, represented businesses at White House briefings, participated on expert panels and has been regularly interviewed and quoted as a result.

Mike also serves as the Wisconsin coordinator and liaison for Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute (WPI). Mike focuses on Wisconsin state legislative and regulatory developments in employment and labor law, as well as municipal ordinances and regulation of the workplace. He assists the employer community in understanding and impacting Wisconsin legislation before it becomes law.

Jennifer L. Ciralsky advises and represents employers in a broad range of employment law matters arising under federal and state law, including claims based on Title VII, The Family and Medical Leave Act, The Americans with Disabilities Act, The Fair Labor Standards Act, The Age Discrimination in Employment Act and The Wisconsin Fair Employment Act.

She appears before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Wisconsin Equal Rights Division and in federal courts defending management in employment litigation and administrative charges, particularly in the area of discrimination. Jennifer also represents employers before FINRA.

Additionally, Jennifer counsels clients in wage and hour and FMLA compliance, discipline and terminations, and affirmative action obligations.
 
SCHEDULE
   
  • Session 1
 8:00am to 10:00am
  • Session 2 
 10:15am to 12:15pm










FEES    
  • GMA SHRM Member
Free - Advance registration positively required.
 

 
  • Student Member
 Free - Advance registration positively required.

 
  • Guest / Nonmember
$50 Either or Both Sessions
 

 
  • Guest Grant Registration

Not a member yet?

GMA SHRM has a limited number of Professional Grants available for potential members to attend one Professional Development Summit at no cost. 

If you are considering joining GMA SHRM, have a bona fide connection to Human Resources and would like to apply for one of these Professional Grants, please complete the contact information on the form at this link.  We would love to have you join us! 
 

 


 

 











LOCATION  
 

 

Alliant Energy Center,
1919 Alliant Way,
Madison, WI 

 














For more information contact:

GMA SHRM Management Team
4075 Vilas Road
Cottage Grove, WI  53527
(608) 204-9814
fax (608) 204-9818
chapteradmin@gmashrm.org

Program Schedule subject to change.

 
 
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