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2026 Multistate Employment Compliance: What’s Changing and How to Prepare

Margie Faulk
Date & Time: Jun 18, 2026 , 01 : 00 PM ET |  5 Days Left
Duration: 60 Minutes
Category: Human Resources
Type: Live Webinar

Description

As organizations continue to operate with distributed and remote workforces, compliance responsibilities are expanding rapidly. State and local employment laws, payroll requirements, benefits mandates, and enforcement priorities vary widely, and expectations continue to shift in 2026.

HR leaders are increasingly responsible for ensuring that policies, pay practices, benefits administration, and workforce management strategies remain compliant across multiple jurisdictions. Without clear structure and oversight, even well intentioned organizations can face unnecessary risk.

Join us on January 27th to explore practical compliance strategies HR leaders can use to manage a multistate workforce with greater confidence. This session focuses on how HR teams can maintain visibility, consistency, and accountability across state lines while supporting workforce stability and operational efficiency.

Why This Webinar Is Essential Now

  • State and local employment laws continue to evolve independently, increasing compliance complexity for distributed teams
  • Payroll, tax, and benefits requirements vary by jurisdiction, creating operational risk without centralized oversight
  • Enforcement activity and employee driven complaints have increased across several states
  • HR leaders are being asked to manage multistate compliance without expanding internal headcount
  • Inconsistent processes across locations can create exposure in audits, claims, and employee relations issues

What You’ll Learn

  • Key compliance challenges facing multistate employers in 2026
  • How state and local employment laws impact payroll, benefits, and workforce management
  • Common compliance gaps HR teams encounter when managing distributed employees
  • Strategies for maintaining consistency while accounting for state specific requirements
  • How HR can establish clear oversight and accountability across jurisdictions
  • Practical approaches to supporting compliance without overwhelming internal HR teams

Who Should Attend

  • HR leadership responsible for managing or overseeing multistate workforces
  • HR professionals supporting remote or distributed employees
  • Organizations operating in multiple states or planning geographic expansion

Price Details

Speaker Profile : Margie Faulk

Margie Faulk is a senior-level human resources professional with over 15 years of HR management and compliance experience. A current Compliance Advisor for HR Compliance Solutions, LLC, Margie, has worked as an HR Compliance advisor for major corporations and small businesses in the small, large, private, public, and non-profit sectors. Margie has provided small to large businesses with risk management strategies that protect companies and reduces potential workplace fines and penalties from violation of employment regulations. Margie is bilingual (Spanish) fluent and Bi-cultural.Margie’s area of expertise includes Criminal Background Screening Policies and auditing, I-9 document correction and storage compliance, Immigration Compliance, employee handbook development, policy development, sexual harassment investigations/certified training, SOX regulations, payroll compliance, compliance consulting, monitoring US-based federal, state and local regulations, employee relations issues, internal investigations, HR management, compliance consulting, internal/external audits, and performance management.Margie is a speaker and accomplished trainer and has created and presented compliance seminars/webinars for over 16 US and International compliance institutes. Margie has testified as a compliance subject matter expert (SME) for several regulatory agencies and against regulatory agencies, thank goodness, not on the same day. Margie offers compliance training to HR professionals, business owners, and leadership to ensure compliance with workplace and regulations.Margie’s unique training philosophy includes providing free customized tools for all attendees. These tools are customized and have been proven to be part of an effective risk management strategy. Some of the customized tools include the I-9 Self Audit. Correction and Storage program, Ban the Box Decision Matrix Policy that Employers can provide in a dispute for allegations, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Compliance Guide, Drug-Free Workplace Volatile Termination E-Book, and other compliance program tools when attendees register and attend Margie’s training.Margie holds professional human resources certification (PHR) from the HR Certification Institution (HRCI) and SHRM-CP certification from the Society for Human Resources Management. Margie is a member of the Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics (SCCE).