Description

15 Risk Areas HR Should Review Before 2027

A practical year-end audit for your policies, practices, systems and documentation

What’s Hiding in Your Hr Practices?

Employment law didn’t get simpler in 2026. Federal enforcement priorities shifted. States continued moving in different directions. AI became an everyday HR compliance issue. And the old-fashioned risks—wage and hour, leave, discrimination, hiring, safety and documentation—didn’t go anywhere.

The goal is simple: Find the weak spots before an employee, regulator, plaintiff’s lawyer—or algorithm—finds them for you.

Rather than another legal-update presentation, employment attorney and HR expert Don Phin, Esq. guides participants through a practical 15-point HR compliance audit they can use immediately.

The 15-Point Audit

• Wage & Hour — Classification, overtime and timekeeping
• Independent Contractors — Employees, contractors and contingent workers
• Pay Equity & Transparency — Compensation practices and disclosure requirements
• AI in HR — Hiring, screening, performance management and vendor risk
• Leave & Accommodation — FMLA, ADA, pregnancy and attendance issues
• I-9 & Hiring Compliance — Immigration documentation and hiring practices
• Background Checks — FCRA and state-law requirements
• NLRA & Employee Rights — Policies, communications and protected activity
• Employee Privacy — Confidential information, monitoring and data
• Workplace Safety & OSHA — Current compliance and enforcement issues
• Discrimination, Harassment & DEI — Navigating changing federal and state priorities
• Notices, Training & Documentation — The fundamentals that create your defense
• Multistate Compliance — When one policy no longer works everywhere
• Your 2027 Action Plan — Turning the audit into priorities, ownership and deadlines

This Is an Audit—Not Just an Update

Participants Evaluate Where Their Organization Stands Using a Simple Green: Comfortable with Our Practices and Documentation.  Yellow: Something Needs Review or Improvement. 

Red: Exposure Deserves Immediate Attention. 

For Every Yellow or Red Item: Who Owns It? What Needs to Happen? By When?

Participants Leave With

A Clearer Picture of Current Hr Risk • A Framework for Reviewing Policies, Actual Practices and Documentation • Their Five Highest-Priority Compliance Issues • A 30/60/90-Day Action Plan

Who Should Attend?

• Hr Executives and Professionals
• Business Owners
• Ceos and Coos
• In-House Counsel
• Compliance Professionals
• Managers Responsible for People Practices