WASHINGTON (September 8, 2026) – Littler’s Workplace Policy Institute (WPI) – the government relations and public policy arm of Littler, the world’s largest employment and labor law practice representing management – has released its 2026 Labor Day Report. Now in its ninth edition, the report provides an update on the top workplace trends impacting employers in 2026.
“Employers have adjusted to a new normal in the second year of the second Trump administration, and there is more change on the horizon,” said Shannon Meade, WPI’s executive director, and WPI co-chairs Alex MacDonald and Jim Paretti in a joint statement. “With quorums reinstated at the NLRB and EEOC, and midterm elections poised to further shift the labor and employment law landscape, employers may have even more to contend with heading into 2027.”
This year’s report examines key issues facing employers as federal agencies gain momentum and workplace policies evolve, including immigration policies impacting the workplace and work travel, legislation like the Faster Labor Contracts Act and American Franchise Act, the rise of state level paid leave laws, and state regulation of AI. The report is divided into the following sections:
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