NEWPORT BEACH, Calif., Oct. 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Clarus, a boutique woman-owned California employment law firm specializing in management-side workplace counsel, HR compliance, and objective workplace investigations, is pleased to announce that Founder and Managing Partner Niosha Shakoori participated in a debate-style panel at the 2026 California HR Conference hosted by the Professionals in Human Resources Association (PIHRA).
During PIHRA's Spotlight Session, Shakoori joined legal and HR professionals Sherry Shavit and Dana Mayhew to debate AB 1803, then proposed legislation that would add anti-hate speech content to California's mandatory workplace harassment prevention training. The panel took up two central questions: whether the law is necessary, and what it would mean in practice for employers and employees.
Shakoori spoke in support of the bill, drawing on her 25 years of employment law experience, including more than a decade as in-house executive counsel for publicly traded companies, most recently as Vice President, Chief Employment Counsel at Cotality (formerly CoreLogic), before founding Clarus. She highlighted how hate speech shows up in real workplaces and the importance of early intervention.
Other panel perspectives explored whether existing harassment prevention training and FEHA obligations already address this conduct, and whether "hate speech" can be defined in a workable way. The panel then transitioned to the implementation...
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