Michael Young, J.D., Sphr, Cebs Email & Phone Number

Chicago, IL, US

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Manage the benefits onboarding of each hospital which joins the organization (approximately 10 per month). Managed the benefits onboarding of a group of over 50 hospitals which joined the organization in early 2021.
• Conducted comparative analysis for small group benefits plans relative to the new benefits offerings in order to identify gaps and propose solutions to address them.
• Resolve questions employees and hospital managers have concerning their employee benefits issues including health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance and ACA as well as 401K.
• Guide hospital managers on leave of absence process including FMLA. Advise on COVID related leaves of absence and determine whether leave is qualified under the FFCRA.

Chicago

• Conduct about 40 benefits renewal meetings with client executives for organizations with between 20 - 250 employees every quarter.
• Create, manage, organize and lead benefits training program for the organization. Training topics include the ACA, retirement plans, strategic benefits funding conversations with clients, state and local benefits.
• Escalation point for benefits questions across the organization for questions on all benefits programs including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, AD&D, FSAs and HSAs.

• Mentor new colleagues
• Create and maintain benefits training for new colleagues
• Present benefits training for new colleagues

Chicago, IL

• Advised executives of organizations on their employee relations and performance management issues and conducted human resources audits for clients in numerous industries.
• Supported executives and their staff through their benefits renewal process including advising them on their contribution towards benefits and assisting their employees through the open enrollment process.

Chicago, Illinois

• Member of Chicago SHRM Legislative Committee and speaker at Chicago SHRM legislative forums on various legal issues affecting Human Resources Practitioners including FLSA classification, I-9s, workplace bullying.

Chicago, Illinois

• Successfully performed duties on a dozen large scale e-discovery document review projects for Plante Moran, McDermott Will & Emery, LegalPeople LLC, Synergy Legal Staffing, Hudson Legal, LawyerLink, Discovery Services.
• Used document review software programs Relativity, Concordance, Stratify, Reveal, Clearwell and Global RPM.

Chicago, Illinois

• Met with current and former employees to evaluate assess issues with their employment (e.g. discrimination claims, failure to provide reasonable accommodation for disabilities, FMLA issues, whistleblower retaliation).
• Drafted EEOC Charges of Discrimination, reviewed employment agreements and separation agreements.
• Investigated employee relations issues through interviewing claimants and reviewing litigation documents.

Chicago, Illinois

• Met with hundreds of current and former employees of companies to evaluate their situation and determine whether their work situations gave rise to a legal cause of action for discrimination, harassment, retaliation.
• Drafted legal briefs and appeared regularly in Federal Court.
• Investigated claims by interviewing witnesses, management employees, and human resources employees in discovery depositions.
• Responsible for reviewing personnel files and policy and procedure documents of corporations such as employee handbooks and complaint procedures as well as EEO Compliance Reports and job descriptions.
• Recruited and trained new attorneys, posted job advertisements, sorted resumes and conducted interviews.

• Performed clerking duties for an insurance defense litigation firm.

Skokie, Illinois

• Researched speech pathology and performed office clerical duties.

Wilmette, Illinois

• Worked at maintaining client satisfaction through direct contact with customers.

Skokie, Illinois

• Interacted with customers and engaged in direct sales for a department store.

J.D., Law, Graduated In Top 33% Of Class

Recipient of Russell Goldman Award

B.A., Political Science, Graduated With High Distinction, Gpa: 3.86/4.0

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta KappaWendell L. Wilkie Scholarship Recipient (Award given for outstanding achievement in Political.