Presentation Title: “2026 Employment Law Update”

Presented by: Mark Hudson, Attorney | Vice President, Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.L.C.

Presentation Overview: Mr. Hudson will discuss cutting-edge regulatory, legislative, and legal

issues facing HR professionals in 2026. He will update participants on new regulations affecting the

workplace, potential legislative efforts impacting the human resource field, and case law addressing

issues of importance to employers.

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to:

✓ Explain the latest employment laws and workplace regulations affecting HR professionals

and employers.

✓ Describe key pending state and federal legislation and how potential changes could affect

employers and workforce planning.

✓ Apply lessons from recent employment law cases to common HR practices and workplace

decision-making.

✓ Recognize how the 2026 midterm elections could shape future employment law and

workplace policy discussions.

✓ Identify key legal and regulatory developments HR professionals should monitor in 2026

and beyond.

Speaker’s Background & Experience:

Mark Hudson is a Vice President at Shuttleworth & Ingersoll, P.L.C. Mark’s

work focuses on labor and employment compliance and counseling

(including personnel policies and decisions, workplace investigations,

affirmative action program compliance, wage and hour advice, and general

employment counseling), labor and employment litigation (including equal

opportunity, wrongful discharge, discrimination, sexual harassment and

defense of employment-related claims), and fair housing litigation and

compliance.

Prior to joining Shuttleworth, Mark worked at a large Omaha law firm practicing in a regional labor

and employment law section. Mark also is the co-author of “McDonnell Douglas: Alive and Well”,

52 Drake Law Review 383 (2004), is a Contributing Editor for BNA’s leading labor law treatise, The

Developing Labor Law, and is a Chapter Monitor for BNA’s and the ABA Section on Labor and

Employment Law’s definitive reference on the law of discrimination in the workplace, Employment

Discrimination Law.

This program has been pre-approved for 1 HRCI (General) PHR/SPHR & 1 SHRM-CP/SHRM-

SCP Professional Development Credit.