WNY - Spring Legal Update

Join us for our Spring Legal Update presented by the WNY-National Human Resource Association in collaboration with Daniel P. Forsyth, a labor and employment lawyer with Bond, Schoeneck & King. 

This is Daniel’s 8^th annual legal update for the WNY – National Human Resources Association. He has been the exclusive speaker for legal issues since 2015.  We are delighted to have him return to share a special presentation titled: "Marijuana in the Workplace: “High” Concerns for N.Y. Employers"

This presentation will cover: 

• Medical marijuana – N.Y. Compassionate Care Act of 2014
• Recreational marijuana – N.Y. Marijuana Regulation & Taxation Act of 2021
• Federal laws to consider:
       - Drug Free Workplace Act
       - U.S.D.O.T. requirements
       - Americans with Disabilities Act
• Legal issues related to drug testing
• What is the N.Y. Office of Cannabis Management?
• Employer best practices

Register now to secure your spot! 

Daniel has worked in employment law for over 35 years. Most recently he was awarded Best Lawyers' 2025:Buffalo Labor Law - Management Lawyer of the Year.

He represents employers in National Labor Relations Board proceedings including unfair labor practice charges and over 30 union organizing campaigns. Daniel has extensive union experience in: labor arbitration, collective bargaining, jurisdictional disputes, strike preparation, strikes, slowdowns, reaching impasse, reserved gates, salting, decision & effects bargaining, decertification, deauthorization, lockouts, picketing, double-breasting, responding to union information demands, successorship, accretion, card signing and NLRB injunctions.

Daniel regularly appears before various federal and New York state agencies, including the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division, OSHA, New York State Division of Human Rights, New York State Department of Labor and New York State Workers' Compensation Board. 

He practices at all levels of state and federal courts in litigation involving: employment discrimination, wrongful discharge, restrictive covenants, motions to stay/compel arbitration, motions to vacate/confirm arbitration awards, duty of fair representation and injunctions.

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