On-Demand Webinar: 2026 Mid-Year California Employment Law Update (8-11-26 Webinar Recording)

We're offering this in-depth 1-hour on-demand webinar to catch you up on a wide range of important new legal developments for California employers. 

We'll cover topics including:

• Artificial Intelligence: Review of new AI-related employment laws taking effect in 2026 (including in Colorado, Connecticut, and Texas), handling employee religious objections to using AI, and tips for using AI to support legal compliance while avoiding reliance on AI legal "hallucinations."
• New EEOC Enforcement Plan Priorities: Key takeaways for employers from EEOC's newly published enforcement plan priorities, including in relation to disparate impact claims, and reverse discrimination claims.
• "Stay or Pay" Bans Update: Amendments to New York's law, and how it differs with California's stay or pay ban; how they impact sign-on bonuses, relocation payments, immigration/visa costs, and educational assistance.
• Remote Work As Reasonable Accommodation: Review of recent court rulings on this subject, insights from new EEOC guidance, and related differences between California and federal laws.
• Sexual Harassment: Lessons all employers can learn from a $5.5 million verdict against C&M Defense Group regarding alleged sexual harassment and its response to the same; California Court of Appeals ruling that an investigation of sexual harassment conducted by counsel retained by the employer was not attorney-client privileged, and general tips regarding attorney-client privilege in relation to investigations.
• Other State/Local Law Updates: Review of other key new state/local laws affecting personnel policies in jurisdictions where many of our clients have employees, including San Francisco (expansion of employee eligibility for paid parental leave), Illinois (new requirement to provide employees with neonatal intensive care family leave, new requirement to pay for jury duty leave, new Chicago rules for general paid leave and sick leave), New Jersey (new job restoration rights for employees receiving temporary disability benefits, or family temporary disability leave benefits), and New York (changes to New York State's ban on "stay or pay" agreements, New York City requirement to provide lump sum unpaid sick leave, in addition to accrued paid sick leave).

Registrations will receive a PDF handout of the presentation slides and several additional attachments. Registrants can download the program handouts by clicking the gotowebinar handouts icon after accessing the program.

This is an edited recording of a webinar presented by Ray Hixson, Brian Nagatani, Alexa Morgan, and Jay Wang on August 11, 2026. Please note that the webinar does not address changes in the law since the original program date. Please also note that the webinar provides only general information about the law, and does not constitute legal advice. Companies or individual seeking legal advice should retain counsel.

Please note that HR and attorney continuing education credits are not available for watching this recorded program.

You may access the program’s handouts by clicking the gotowebinar handouts icon after accessing the program.