A lawyer for Ralph Lauren Corp. shared his take Wednesday on some of the biggest trends coming down the pike for employment lawyers in the retail and hospitality space. With President Donald Trump in the White House and Republicans in charge in Congress, the in-house attorney said companies need to be cognizant of state and local laws since it is unlikely many labor issues will be subject to uniform federal laws.

During Corporate Counsel’s 29th Annual General Counsel Conference in New York, Jonathan Shiffman, associate general counsel of litigation and employment law with Ralph Lauren, pointed to three major trends employers need to watch.