Employment Liability in Class Litigation

Workplace class action litigation is shifting under corporate counsel as government enforcement, plaintiffs’ class action strategy, and emerging workplace technologies converge to make compliance a corporate imperative rather than back-office function. The pressure is concentrated now—rising filings, sharper class certification analytics, and larger settlements collide with an active EEOC enforcement radar and a wave of 2026 rulings reshaping workplace compliance. Any attorney advising corporate clients on discrimination, wage and hour, data privacy, benefits, or algorithmic bias exposure is already operating in this environment, and outdated assumptions about how classes certify and settle expose both client and counsel. This program analyzes the key trends driving workplace class actions across those five claim categories, maps EEOC enforcement priorities, and isolates algorithmic bias as an emerging area of risk. Attendees leave able to assess certification and settlement exposure with current analytics, anticipate enforcement pressure, and counsel senior management on the 2026 rulings already shaping compliance decisions.