Webinar
Essential final pay compliance practices and strategies for HR
Aired: September 17, 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.
In this webinar you 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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About the speakers
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.
Rena Pirsos, JD
Legal Editor, Brightmine
Rena has nearly 40 years of experience in legal publishing. At Brightmine, she covers topics related to payroll, including income and employment tax withholding, depositing and reporting; taxation of employee compensation and benefits; wage payments; child support and garnishment order compliance; and international payroll issues.
Rena holds a Juris Doctor degree from Hofstra University School of Law and a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology and French literature from Fordham University’s College at Lincoln Center. Prior to joining Brightmine, she was managing editor for the American Payroll Association and developed and co-authored many of its core publications. In earlier years, she was managing editor of the UCC Law Journal and Banking Law Journal at Warren Gorham Lamont/Thomson Professional Publishing, and a legal editor for Thomson Reuters’ Payroll Guide, Prentice Hall’s guides to federal, state and local income tax, and CCH/Wolters Kluwer Federal Securities Law Reports.
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