Payroll Compliance Roadmap: Navigating the New ANSI Standard (2025–2026)

Description:

What if there were a single set of rules that could simplify payroll reporting across states, reduce audit risk, and keep your HR systems future ready? That’s exactly what the new American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Payroll Data Standard is designed to do. Rolling out in 2025, this standard introduced changes to electronic filing thresholds, overtime wage reporting, and exemption classifications — all areas where HR and payroll teams face daily challenges. In this session, you’ll learn what the standard means in plain language, why it matters, and how to prepare your organization for smooth compliance.

And the changes don’t stop there. As we move into 2026, new federal tax brackets, expanded childcare credits, retirement plan auto enrollment, and state minimum wage increases will reshape the payroll landscape even further. This session connects the dots between today’s requirements and tomorrow’s mandates, giving HR leaders a clear roadmap to reduce risk, streamline operations, and build employee trust. Whether you’re new to payroll compliance or a seasoned pro, you’ll walk away with practical strategies and a forward focused plan to keep your organization ahead of the curve.

Topics Covered During Training:

• Understand the key elements of the new ANSI Payroll Data Standard and how it impacts HR and payroll reporting that began in 2025
• Identify the most significant compliance changes for 2025, including electronic filing thresholds, overtime wage reporting, and exemption classifications
• Explore upcoming 2026 payroll and HR compliance shifts such as federal tax bracket adjustments, retirement plan auto enrollment, and state minimum wage increases
• Learn practical strategies for implementing the standard, updating payroll systems, and training staff to ensure accuracy and audit readiness
• Build a forward focused compliance roadmap that reduces risk, streamlines payroll operations, and strengthens employee trust across 2025 and 2026

Why Should You Attend:

Don’t wait until compliance deadlines catch you off guard — this session gives you the inside track on the payroll changes that define 2025 and will define 2026. By attending, you’ll gain practical strategies to implement the new ANSI Payroll Data Standard, understand how upcoming tax, wage, and retirement shifts will impact your organization, and walk away with a clear roadmap to reduce risk and strengthen payroll accuracy. HR leaders who miss this discussion risk falling behind on critical updates that affect every paycheck, every audit, and every employee. Secure your spot and be among the professionals who are ready to lead with confidence.

Who Should Attend:

• HR professionals – all levels
• Employee relations specialists
• Department leaders
• Payroll administrators and specialists
• Business owners

Speaker’s Professional Profile:

Melveen Stevenson is a sought-after human resources consultant and business advisor. As a certified HR professional with a background in accounting and finance, she helps companies to navigate the human resources “jungle” of compliance, human capital, and leadership challenges. In doing so, she empowers companies to strengthen their infrastructure from the inside out, specifically through leadership development, operations, training, employee engagement, and executive coaching.

Melveen speaks on key topics to empower companies with the latest research and best practices for increasing engagement, enhancing leadership presence, and optimizing diverse workforce groups.

Over the last 20 years, Melveen has held leadership positions in human resources operations, supply chain, and talent management at international companies in food manufacturing, medical devices, and consumer products. She was also a faculty member at California State University-Dominguez Hills. She has spent most of her career in California and has expertise in the state’s complicated employment regulations.

Melveen is certified through the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM-SCP) and the Human Resources Certification Institute (SPHR).