Essential Legal Issues Retail Employers Must Navigate in 2026

As retailers kick off the year, staying ahead of emerging risks and workforce trends is more essential than ever. Join Fisher Phillips' Retail Industry Team Co-Chairs, Brian Balonick and Frank Martinez, for a forward-looking webinar that will launch the year with an executive summary of the top legal trends shaping retail employment in 2026, along with a practical forecast of the legal and operational issues retailers are most likely to face in the months ahead. This session is designed to help retail leaders proactively plan, prioritize, and prepare before challenges turn into costly disruptions.

What We’ll Cover:
Our presenters will highlight the most significant developments impacting retail employers, including:

• EEO and DEI Update
• Employee Speech
• Pay Transparency
• Union Organizing
• Predictive Scheduling
• Restrictive Covenants

If you have any questions, please contact Sidra Trajcevska.

Educational Credits

HRCI and SHRM

• The firm is submitting this webinar for credit.

CLE

• Fisher Phillips will make all reasonable efforts to obtain CLE credit for this program in every state that is relevant to attendee’s CLE needs. In certain instances, some programs may not be awarded CLE credit because of content, delivery or jurisdictional restrictions

Fisher Phillips is committed to providing access to all of our events for disabled attendees. Automated closed captioning is available for all of our webinars. For other accommodation inquiries, please give us three business days advance notice prior to the scheduled event by contacting Sidra Trajcevska. Thank you.