2026 Employment Law Update

Presented by Sharilyn Payne of Noland Hamerly Etienne & Hoss 

Thursday, January 22, 2026

12-1pm via Zoom

Free to MCWLA Members. Non-members $20. 

The Monterey County Women Lawyers Association is proud to offer its January MCLE event titled "2026 Employment Law Update" on January 22, 2026 from 12:00-1:00pm via Zoom.  

This MCLE is presented by Sharilyn Payne, a shareholder at Noland Hamerly Etienne & Hoss.  Ms. Payne has been practicing in the area of employment law for over 20 years.  Her practice focuses on counseling employers in the intricacies of California law to avoid litigation, and on defending employers in lawsuits in state and federal court and before administrative agencies.  Ms. Payne obtained her JD from University of California Law San Francisco (formerly Hastings), and also has an MA as a translator/interpreter of English/Spanish from the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, and a BA in Latin American Studies from UCLA. She speaks, reads, and writes Spanish fluently.  

Not a year goes by without some change in the employment laws in California.  This one-hour MCLE will cover new employment law updates for 2026.  Those changes affect not only your clients, but you as an employer.  Join us to learn about the key changes, from the increase in the minimum wage, to a new required annual notice to employees, to increased penalties for failure to pay a Labor Commissioner judgment, just to name a few.

Please join us by registering with our Co-Program Committee Chair, Geraldine Villa, at gvilla@nheh.com by January 20, 2026 and providing your name, bar number (if you have one), email, and phone. For non-members, you may pay using either Venmo (@MontereyCounty WomenLawyers) or by mailing checks made out to MCWLA to P.O. Box 695, Monterey, CA 93940. Please note that  this is not considered a “good or service” so do not toggle “Turn on for purchases” if paying through Venmo.  

MCWLA is a MCLE Approved Activity Provider by the State Bar of California.