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The Littler® Annual Employer Survey 2017 For the complete report, please visit: littler.com/files/2017_littler_executive_employer_survey.pdf Tangled Web of Workplace Regulation Top of Mind Issues in Managing a Workforce Preventing Data Breaches Agree that the fragmented landscape of employment laws is creating compliance challenges Areas likely to see a rise in EEOC discrimination claims over the next 12 months: Complex Patchwork of State and Local Laws Deep Uncertainty at Federal Level Immigration reform Transitions in Washington curtail expectations of EEOC enforcement around LGBTQ rights and equal pay HR departments taking action to reduce the risk of data breaches that originate with employees Family and Medical Leave Act presents headaches for employers Trump administration expected to prioritize several issues Difficulty accommodating intermittent FMLA leave Difficulty accommodating leaves that extend beyond FMLA requirements But the anticipated impact of key regulatory issues on the workplace in 2017 is nearly unchanged from the 2016 survey Hiring practices 64% 51% 29% 51% 63% Prepared cyber-incident response plans Provided additional training to employees Collaborated with IT on information security policies 1,229 in-house counsel, HR professionals and C-suite executives completed Littler Mendelson’s sixth annual survey examining the key legal, technological and social issues impacting the workplace. Here are the highlights from the survey results. 79% 65% 1 2 3 2016 61% 2016 2017 Healthcare reform 89% 85% 85% 83% DOL Enforcement Rights of LGBTQ workers 74% 46% 2016 2017 Equal pay 46% 2017 55% 2016 2017 82% 81% 2016 2017 2016 2017 EEOC Enforcement 78% 76% 2016 2017 Affordable Care Act

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The Littler® Annual Employer Survey 2017

For the complete report, please visit: littler.com/files/2017_littler_executive_employer_survey.pdf

Tangled Web of Workplace Regulation

Top of Mind Issues in Managing a Workforce

Preventing Data Breaches

Agree that the fragmented landscape of employment laws is creating compliance challenges

Areas likely to see a rise in EEOC discrimination claims over the next 12 months:

Complex Patchwork of State and Local Laws

Deep Uncertainty at Federal Level

Immigration reform

Transitions in Washington curtail expectations of EEOC enforcement around LGBTQ rights and equal pay

HR departments taking action to reduce the risk of data breaches that originate with employees

Family and Medical Leave Act presents headaches for employers

Trump administration expected to prioritize several issues

Di�culty accommodating intermittent FMLA leave

Di�culty accommodating leaves that extend beyond FMLA requirements

But the anticipated impact of key regulatory issues on the workplace in 2017 is nearly unchanged from the 2016 survey

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