Employment compliance is accelerating fast in 2026. Are your payroll systems ready for updated federal thresholds? Are your job postings compliant with expanding pay transparency laws? Are your AI hiring tools audit-ready? HR, payroll, and leadership teams are facing overlapping federal and state requirements that demand coordination, documentation, and proactive planning.
This CE course walks through the key changes shaping the 2026 HR environment. We begin with an OBBBA refresher and its payroll impacts, including wage calculations, reporting expectations, and employer notice obligations. We then examine federal payroll and tax updates, revised W-2 guidance, and system configuration considerations. The course also explores expanding state pay transparency rules, multi-state paid leave expansion, and AI-in-hiring compliance requirements including bias audits, candidate notices, and documentation standards.
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If you oversee HR, payroll, or workforce compliance across one or multiple states, this course provides actionable clarity for 2026 readiness.
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Who Will Benefit:
Melveen Stevenson is the CEO and founder of M.S.Elemental, LLC, a human resources and business advisory firm based in Los Angeles, California. As a certified HR professional with a background in accounting and finance, she helps companies to navigate the human resources “jungle” of compliance, human capital, and leadership challenges. By using an encompassing business approach, she helps to strengthen the infrastructure of organizations from the inside out, specifically through leadership development, operations, training, employee engagement, and career coaching.Over the last 17 years, Melveen has held leadership positions in human resources operations, supply chain, and talent management at international companies in food manufacturing, medical devices, and consumer products. She has also worked internationally.Melveen began her career in accounting and international banking. With an inspired desire to support and drive organizational success through human capital, she redirected her career and obtained her MBA at Michigan State University’s Eli Broad Graduate School of Management.
