Fatal Errors Employers Make When Updating Employee Handbooks that Can Be a Legal Landmine Learn What Policies are Mandated for 2026
Instructor
Ronald Adler
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Overview
Updating employee handbooks is essential for compliance and effective workforce management. However, many employers make critical mistakes that can expose their organizations to lawsuits, penalties, and reputational harm. This webinar highlights the fatal errors employers must avoid when revising handbooks and provides guidance on the mandatory policies for 2026.
Description
Employee handbooks serve as a foundation for workplace policies and procedures, but when they are outdated or improperly updated, they can create significant legal risks. With new workplace regulations and employment laws coming into effect in 2026, organizations must take a proactive approach to revising their policies. This session will uncover the most common mistakes employers make, explain which policies are mandated, and offer practical strategies for building a compliant and effective handbook that protects both employers and employees.
Why You Should Attend
- Identify fatal errors that can turn employee handbooks into legal liabilities.
- Stay updated on mandatory policies required for 2026.
- Learn how to avoid vague, inconsistent, or unenforceable policies.
- Reduce the risk of employee claims, disputes, and penalties.
- Gain expert guidance on drafting clear, compliant, and up-to-date policies.
Who Will Benefit
- HR Managers and HR Professionals
- Compliance Officers
- Business Owners and Executives
- Legal Counsel and Employment Advisors
- Team Leaders and Supervisors
- Anyone responsible for creating or updating employee handbooks
Areas Covered in the Session
- Common mistakes employers make when updating employee handbooks
- 2026 updates:which policies are mandated by law
- Balancing compliance with clear and practical communication
- Risks of vague or inconsistent policies and how to fix them
- Best practices for drafting enforceable and employee-friendly policies
- Tips for communicating updates effectively to the workforce
- Strategies for ongoing review and compliance beyond 2026.
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.