Session
EEOC 2026 Priorities, Enforcement Trends, and Emerging Workplace Realities
This presentation reviews the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) priorities shaping workplace enforcement. It examines the agency’s strategic focus on systemic discrimination, hiring barriers, pay equity, harassment, and policies that restrict employee rights. The session also explores emerging workplace issues—including AI-driven hiring tools, evolving scrutiny of diversity initiatives, and shifting federal enforcement strategies—helping HR professionals understand compliance risks, anticipate enforcement trends, and adapt workplace policies to a rapidly changing regulatory environment.
Key Objectives
1. Identify the EEOC’s major enforcement priorities and regulatory focus areas through 2026. 2. Analyze emerging workplace risks such as AI in hiring, pay transparency, and evolving DEI scrutiny. 3. Apply practical strategies to reduce discrimination risk and strengthen compliant employment practices.
William "Bil" Cash
Director of the EEOC's Little Rock Office at EEOC
William A. Cash Jr. serves as Director of the EEOC’s Little Rock Area Office. He started with EEOC in 1992 as a trial attorney and later served as a Supervisory Trial Attorney. He has a bachelor’s degree in political science from the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Arkansas in Little Rock. Before working for EEOC, Cash worked as a law clerk for U.S. District Judge Oren Harris of the Western District of Arkansas. Prior to working for Judge Harris, Cash had a private law practice in Little Rock. Cash served as a government fellow to the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee of the Labor and Employment Law Section of the American Bar Association. Cash appeared on ABC’s 20/20 program discussing an EEOC case seeking relief for teenagers subjected to sexual assault in the workplace. Cash is a frequent presenter on the topic of Workplace Discrimination and Employment Law at CLE programs and Human Resources seminars.