The Center for Workplace Compliance, our affiliated nonprofit membership association, hosted its 2026 Workplace Compliance Conference on October 21 and 22. The virtual conference focused on workplace compliance changes and the practical challenges facing employers as they plan for 2027.

Discussion topics included:

• Compliance and risk priorities for 2027;
• Workplace demographic data and compliance monitoring following the elimination of Executive Order 11246;
• New disability and veteran compliance rules;
• Lessons from recent EEOC cases involving harassment and workplace accommodations;
• Immigration-related hiring risks;
• The changing role of disparate impact liability;
• Possible rescission of the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures;
• State and local workplace compliance developments;
• Implementing the EU Pay Transparency Directive; and
• Real-world examples of analyzing outcomes from employment-related AI tools.

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