Instructor
Diane L. Dee
Category
Employee
Date
Nov. 18, 2026
Time
1 PM EST | 10 AM PST | Wednesday | 90 Minutes
2027 Employee Handbook Reset: DEI, AI, Leave, Discrimination & Workplace Expression
Handbook policies that establish clear, reasonable, and consistently enforced workplace conduct standards can help employers maintain a respectful and productive work environment while reducing compliance risk. As 2026 comes to an end, this has become increasingly important as employers navigate two significant pressures at the same time: shifting federal enforcement priorities and an expanding patchwork of state and local employment requirements. As a result, employers should reassess handbook language to ensure policies reflect current legal developments while providing employees and managers with clear expectations for workplace behaviours.
Why You Should Attend?
Participants of this webinar will understand how rapidly changing federal, state, and local developments are reshaping employee handbook requirements when looking ahead to 2027.Participants will learn how to identify and update handbook provisions involving DEI, discrimination and reverse-discrimination risk, artificial intelligence, employee leave and accommodations, and workplace expression involving politics, religion, and other potentially divisive issues.
The webinar will also provide practical strategies for developing clear, legally defensible policies that establish appropriate workplace expectations, promote consistent enforcement, reduce compliance risk, and help HR and managers navigate today’s increasingly complex workplace.
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• Identify handbook provisions that deserve immediate review because of Trump-administration policy and enforcement changes.
• Update EEO and anti-discrimination language to address discrimination against any protected group.
• Draft FMLA, ADA and pregnancy accommodation provisions without creating unintended contractual obligations.
• Determine what belongs in an employee AI-use policy.
• Manage political and religious expression while maintaining appropriate workplace conduct standards.
• Recognize the difference between a change in an administration’s enforcement priorities and an actual change in the governing law.
• Conducting a targeted 2026 handbook audit.
Who will benefit:
• HR Directors
• HR Managers
• HR Generalists
• HR Business Partners
• Employee Relations Professionals
• Compliance Officers
• Managers & Supervisors
• DEI, Culture, and Organizational Development Professionals
• Leave and Benefits Administrators
• Talent Acquisition Professionals
• HRIS, IT, Data Privacy Professionals
• Payroll and Benefits Professionals
• Multi-state HR and Operations Leaders
Diane L. Dee
President and Founder of Advantage HR Consulting, LLC
Diane L. Dee, President and Founder of Advantage HR Consulting, LLC is a senior Human Resources professional with over 30 years of experience in the HR arena. Diane’s background includes experience in HR consulting and training & administration in corporate, government, consulting and pro bono environments. Diane also develops and conducts webinars on a wide variety of HR compliance and administrative topics for various training firms across the country. Additionally, Diane is the author of multiple white papers and e-books addressing various HR compliance topics. Diane holds a Master Certificate in Human Resources from Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations and has attained SPHR, SHRM-SCP, CPC, sDEI certification. Diane performs pro bono work through the Taproot Foundation assisting non-profit clients by integrating their Human Resources goals with their corporate strategies.
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