The 2026 Midwest Employment Law Update

Lisa Handler Ackerman (Partner-Chicago, IL), Lauren E. Collins (Associate-Kansas City, KS), Robert Curtis (Associate-Kansas City, KS), and Alexandra Speakar (Associate-Kansas City, KS) will present the Wilson Elser Forum webinar “The 2026 Midwest Employment Law Update” on November 19, 2026. From the cities ‒ Chicago, Milwaukee, Des Moines, Kansas City, and Omaha ‒ to the farmland that stretches between them, Midwest workplaces are as diverse as the landscape, and so is the employment law shaping them. This presentation covers key employment law updates affecting employers and claims professionals in Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, and Nebraska. We'll break down the latest on settlement agreements, wage-and-hour and sick leave laws, protected class expansions, breastfeeding-in-the-workplace requirements, and other critical legal developments involving biometrics and privacy laws. This session delivers practical takeaways you can put to work as an employer or claims professional.