As workforce models, technology, and regulations continue to evolve, employers face an increasingly complex employment compliance landscape in 2026. With new executive orders targeting “illegal DEI” initiatives and shifting federal enforcement priorities, employers must reassess long-standing practices — from diversity programs to pay transparency and recordkeeping — while navigating a growing patchwork of state and local laws that often move in the opposite direction.
Join Berkshire’s Beth Ronnenburg and Lynn Clements for a conversation about some of the most pressing EEO compliance challenges organizations should be preparing for now, with a focus on practical risk mitigation and strategic planning.
Participants will gain insight into emerging trends affecting hiring, pay equity, and AI and automation in employment decisions. We will also examine heightened EEO enforcement activity from DOJ, EEOC and other federal agencies, emerging ways states are filling in federal enforcement gaps, and new compliance priorities like religious accommodations and visa-sponsorship.
Designed for HR professionals, legal teams, and business leaders, this session will translate regulatory developments into clear, actionable takeaways. Attendees will leave with a strategic EEO compliance playbook for 2026. Including an understanding of common pitfalls employers are encountering and concrete steps you can take today to strengthen policies, processes, and training.
As Co-President of Berkshire, Beth Ronnenburg, SPHR, SHRM-SCP leads the firm’s consulting team to ensure the delivery of high-caliber, compliance-focused solutions to clients. With over 30 years of experience in the human resources field, Beth is a recognized industry compliance expert. She continues to offer guidance to this nation’s top companies and law firms as they navigate through the complex regulatory requirements of federal enforcement agencies.
Beth is a well-known thought leader who speaks regularly at conferences including SHRM, National Industry Liaison Group (NILG), and other national events. She currently serves as a board member for the NILG, where she represents the Mid-Atlantic Region. She is also the Chair of the Baltimore ILG.
Lynn Clements, Esq., is the Senior Director of People Insights at Berkshire Associates, a division of Resolution Economics. The firm’s practice includes an interdisciplinary team of expert data scientists, labor economists, and Industrial/Organizational (I/O) psychologists who help organizations analyze and interpret workforce data to build compliant employment practices.
Lynn has over 25 years of experience in the EEO and affirmative action space, including serving as the Acting Director of Policy at the OFCCP and as an attorney at EEOC in the Office of Legal Counsel and in Vice Chair Naomi Earp’s office.
Berkshire, a division of Resolution Economics, LLC, is a human resources and technology firm specializing in non-discrimination, pay equity, and workforce data analytics. With nearly 40 years of experience in the industry, Berkshire is among the most trusted names in the business.
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Berkshire Associates is a human resources compliance and workforce analytics consulting firm, specializing in federal and state EEO compliance and reporting, pay equity, test validation/development, human resource development and analytics, and implementation of artificial intelligence best practices. For more than 40 years, our consultants have helped employers turn workforce data into actionable decisions.
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