Webinar
Essential final pay compliance practices and strategies for HR
When: 2pm ET, Thursday, September 18, 2025
Duration: 60 minutes
Navigating final wage payments during employee termination can be challenging. There are many compliance issues to address that can result in miscalculations if employers aren’t careful, especially for organizations operating in multiple states. Missteps can lead to significant and costly liability and litigation.
Join Brightmine for a 60-minute discussion of final pay practices and issues, with attorney Robert Wennagel, a senior counsel with Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, and Legal Editor Rena Pirsos, Brightmine’s payroll expert. They’ll focus on final wage payment compliance issues such as timing, required documentation and notices. They will also look at other factors involved in final pay like accrued PTO and overtime and address strategies for multistate compliance and taxation issues.
Attendees will learn:
- How to identify permissible and prohibited wage deductions from final pay
- How bonuses and commissions impact calculations of accurate and compliant final pay amounts
- The common pitfalls that can lead to noncompliance and increase risk of penalties and lawsuits
- And more!
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When: 2pm ET, Thursday, September 18, 2025
Duration: 60 minutes
More about our contributors
Robert Wennagel
CIPP/US, CIPP/E, Senior Counsel at Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete
Robert R. Wennagel, CIPP/US, CIPP/E, Senior Counsel at Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, is an experienced employment law attorney with a focus on advising companies how to navigate complex employment compliance issues, including how to avoid costly wage and hour litigation, creating and scaling up “best practice” handbook policies and HR practices, and mitigating risk from independent contractors and contingent workforces. Prior to joining Constangy, he worked in-house for a decade at a staffing firm and with a large HR software company. Robert provides strategic guidance on numerous employment matters, including implementing new HRIS and payroll systems, recruitment, employee relations, high-risk separations, reductions-in-force, and disability accommodations.
In addition to his extensive employment law experience, Robert has a strong background in data privacy and artificial intelligence issues in the workplace. He advises clients on ethical AI implementation and has been instrumental in managing bias audits for new AI software and creating accountability frameworks to ensure responsible AI practices.
Robert holds a Master of Laws (LLM) in Data Privacy and an MBA, underscoring his commitment to data protection and strategic business solutions. He has also contributed to publications on AI regulation and fairness, demonstrating his dedication to fostering ethical standards in employment law.
Robin E. Shea
Partner, Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP
Before joining Brightmine™, Rena served as Managing Editor at PayrollOrg (formerly The American Payroll Association) after holding several Legal Editor positions with some of the most prominent legal publishing companies in the United States. Her journey with Brightmine began in 2011, as one of the first hires when the U.S. site launched. She built the Payroll/Employment Tax Law content from the ground up and continue to enjoy overseeing the site’s remarkable and ongoing evolution. Currently, Rena is a member of the popular Ask Our Experts team, Lead of the 50-State Charts and Legal Timetable Resource Types, and also volunteers as a Mental Health First Responder within the organization.
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