will provide guidance on how to handle unsupportive or hostile management through the lens of a case litigated by his firm, The Employment Law Group. Mr. Oswald will draw lessons from what happened when a SHRM member in Maryland sued his former employer, which had fired him after he declined to ignore the employer’s own policy. Both Scott and our client, Jeffrey Naftal, are members of SHRM. Our presentation is designed to help HR professionals handle conflict between what is legally and morally right and what upper management asks them to do; understand the risks of bending to pressure; and identify and combat retaliatory job actions.