Employee Handbooks: 2026 Update on Policy and Procedures
Instructor
Ronald Adler
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Webinar Description
Overview
As workplace regulations, compliance requirements, and employment trends continue to evolve, keeping your employee handbook current is more important than ever. Outdated or incomplete policies can expose your organization to legal risks, employee disputes, and compliance violations.
This session will walk you through the critical 2026 updates every employer needs to make to their employee handbooks. You’ll learn how to align your policies with federal and state laws, reflect post-pandemic workplace changes, and create a clear, compliant, and effective handbook that supports both employees and management.
Why You Should Attend
- Learn which new and revised policies are required for 2026 compliance.
- Identify outdated policies that may increase your legal risk.
- Ensure your handbook aligns with federal and state employment law updates.
- Understand how to address remote/hybrid work, AI tools, DEI, and pay transparency.
- Gain practical tips to communicate, implement, and enforce updated policies.
- Protect your organization from costly lawsuits and regulatory audits.
Who Will Benefit
This session is ideal for HR and compliance professionals responsible for updating and managing employee policies, including:
- HR Managers and Directors
- Compliance Officers
- Employee Relations Professionals
- Business Owners and Executives
- Legal Counsel and Consultants
- Office Managers and Operations Leaders
Areas Covered in the Session
- Overview of key 2026 employment law and regulatory changes
- Essential policies that must be updated for compliance
- Hybrid work, remote work, and workplace flexibility policies
- AI usage, data privacy, and cybersecurity guidelines for employees
- Pay equity, wage transparency, and time-off policy updates
- Anti-discrimination, harassment, and DEI compliance standards
- Best practices for handbook review, communication, and acknowledgment
- Legal pitfalls to avoid when revising or distributing policies
- How to align handbook policies with company culture and values.
Meet your speaker
Ronald Adler
Ronald Adler is the President-CEO of Laurdan Associates, Inc., a veteran-owned, human resource management consulting firm specializing in HR audits, employment practices liability risk management, HR metrics and benchmarking strategic HR-business issues and unemployment insurance issues. Mr. Adler has more than 39 years of HR consulting experience working with U.S. and international firms, small businesses and non-profits, printers, insurance companies and brokers, and employer organizations.
Mr. Adler is an internationally recognized thought leader on HR auditing and is the developer the Employment-Labor Law Audit™ (ELLA®), the nation’s leading HR auditing and employment practices liability risk assessment tool. He is an adjunct professor at Villanova University’s Graduate Program in Human Resources Development and teaches courses on HR auditing and HR management. He is also a certified instructor for the CPCU Society and conducts courses on employment practices liabilities.
Ronald has served on two national task forces developing professional standards in human capital measurement and performance management. He is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors and also a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and serves as a subject matter expert (SME) to SHRM on HR metrics and workplace issues.
He is a member of the Maryland Chamber of Commerce and chairs the Chamber’s unemployment insurance subcommittee. Mr. Adler has also been a member of the U.S. Chamber and its Labor Relations Committee.