2-Hour Virtual Seminar on Remote Work Compliance 2025: How to Manage Distributed Teams and Meet Multi-State Laws
2-Hour Virtual Seminar
Instructor:
Chris DeVany
Chris DeVany
Monday
August
11
2025
08:00 AM PDT | 11:00 AM EDT
Duration:
2 Hours
Webinar ID: 75589
Live: One Dial-in One Attendee
Corporate Live: Any number of participants
Recorded: Access recorded version, only for one participant unlimited viewing for 6 months ( Access information will be emailed 24 hours after the completion of live webinar)
Corporate Recorded: Access recorded version, Any number of participants unlimited viewing for 6 months ( Access information will be emailed 24 hours after the completion of live webinar)
Overview:
Who Will Benefit:
As remote and hybrid work models continue to expand in 2025, so do the complexities of compliance for distributed teams.
Organizations now face a patchwork of multi-state employment laws, tax requirements, cybersecurity mandates, and labor standards all of which must be carefully managed to avoid risk.
Remote Work Compliance 2025: How to Manage Distributed Teams and Meet Multi-State Laws will equip HR, legal, finance, and operations leaders with the latest guidance on navigating this evolving landscape.
This practical Virtual Seminar will cover how to ensure wage and hour compliance, manage state-specific leave laws, address tax nexus issues, secure data, and build compliant remote work policies with real-world examples from top organizations. Stay ahead of regulatory changes and protect your organization in the new world of work!
Why should you Attend:
- Understand the key legal risks associated with remote work in 2025
- Identify critical multi-state compliance areas (wage and hour, leave laws, taxes, etc.)
- Implement compliant payroll and tax strategies for remote employees
- Develop remote work policies that align with employment laws and cybersecurity standards
- Manage data privacy, confidentiality, and device security across distributed teams
- Conduct remote employee classification reviews (W-2 vs. contractor)
- Monitor ongoing legal updates and regulatory trends affecting remote work
- Learn from real-world examples of successful compliance practices
- The Evolving Remote Work Landscape in 2025
- Trends: Hybrid and fully remote workforce models
- Emerging legal and compliance challenges
- Multi-State Employment Law Compliance
- Wage & hour laws - tracking work hours across states
- State-specific paid leave (paid sick leave, family leave)
- Overtime requirements and exemptions
- Example: California vs. Texas remote work wage law differences
- Payroll and Tax Compliance
- Navigating state income tax withholding
- Tax nexus considerations - corporate income and sales tax exposure
- Example: New York audit cases triggered by remote worker presence
- Employee Classification & Labor Standards
- W-2 vs. 1099 considerations for remote roles
- Avoiding misclassification penalties
- Example: U.S. Dept. of Labor enforcement trends in gig/remote economy
- Data Privacy, Security & Confidentiality
- Remote device and data security policies
- Cyber insurance considerations for remote environments
- Compliance with GDPR, CCPA, and state data privacy laws
- Example: 2024 data breach case involving unsecured remote laptop
- Developing Compliant Remote Work Policies
- Essential components of a compliant remote work policy
- Addressing cross-state and cross-border work situations
- Monitoring employee locations for compliance tracking
- Example: Large U.S. tech company's remote work policy revisions in response to state labor audits
- Monitoring Legal Trends & Staying Compliant
- How to track legal updates (resources, tools, services)
- Conducting regular compliance audits for remote teams
- Building a cross-functional remote work compliance task force
- Q&A and Action Planning
- Interactive discussion of participant challenges
- Action steps for building/improving your compliance strategy
Who Will Benefit:
- All
Speaker Profile
Chris DeVany is the founder and president of Pinnacle Performance Improvement Worldwide, a firm which focuses on management and organization development. Pinnacle's clients include global organizations such as Visa International, Cadence Design Systems, Coca Cola, Sprint, Microsoft, Aviva Insurance, Schlumberger and over 500 other organizations in 22 countries. He also has consulted to government agencies from the United States, the Royal Government of Saudi Arabia, Canada, Cayman Islands and the United Kingdom.
He has published numerous articles in the fields of surviving mergers and acquisitions, surviving change, project management, management, sales, team-building, leadership, ethics, customer service, diversity and work-life balance, in publications ranging from ASTD/Performance In Practice to Customer Service Management. His book, "90 Days to a High-Performance Team", published by McGraw Hill and often accompanied by in-person, facilitated instruction, has helped and continues to help thousands of executives, managers and team leaders improve performance.
He has appeared hundreds of times on radio and television interview programs to discuss mergers and acquisitions (how to manage and survive them), project management, sales, customer service, effective workplace communication, management, handling rapid personal and organizational change and other topical business issues.
He has served or is currently serving as a board member of the International Association of Facilitators, Sales and Marketing Executives International, American Management Association, American Society of Training and Development, Institute of Management Consultants, American Society of Association Executives, Meeting Professionals International and National Speakers Association. Chris is an award-winning Toastmaster's International Competition speaker. He recently participated in the Fortune 500 Annual Management Forum as a speaker, panelist and seminar leader.
Chris has distinguished himself professionally by serving multiple corporations as manager and trainer of sales, operations, project management, IT, customer service and marketing professionals. Included among those business leaders are Prudential Insurance, Sprint, BayBank (now part of Bank of America), US Health Care and Marriott Corporation.
He has assisted these organizations in mergers and acquisitions, facilitating post-merger and acquisition integration, developing project management, sales, customer service and marketing strategies, organizing inbound and outbound call center programs, training and development of management and new hires, and fostering corporate growth through creative change and innovation initiatives.
Chris holds degrees in management studies and organizational behavior from Boston University. He has traveled to 22 countries and 47 states in the course of his career.
He has published numerous articles in the fields of surviving mergers and acquisitions, surviving change, project management, management, sales, team-building, leadership, ethics, customer service, diversity and work-life balance, in publications ranging from ASTD/Performance In Practice to Customer Service Management. His book, "90 Days to a High-Performance Team", published by McGraw Hill and often accompanied by in-person, facilitated instruction, has helped and continues to help thousands of executives, managers and team leaders improve performance.
He has appeared hundreds of times on radio and television interview programs to discuss mergers and acquisitions (how to manage and survive them), project management, sales, customer service, effective workplace communication, management, handling rapid personal and organizational change and other topical business issues.
He has served or is currently serving as a board member of the International Association of Facilitators, Sales and Marketing Executives International, American Management Association, American Society of Training and Development, Institute of Management Consultants, American Society of Association Executives, Meeting Professionals International and National Speakers Association. Chris is an award-winning Toastmaster's International Competition speaker. He recently participated in the Fortune 500 Annual Management Forum as a speaker, panelist and seminar leader.
Chris has distinguished himself professionally by serving multiple corporations as manager and trainer of sales, operations, project management, IT, customer service and marketing professionals. Included among those business leaders are Prudential Insurance, Sprint, BayBank (now part of Bank of America), US Health Care and Marriott Corporation.
He has assisted these organizations in mergers and acquisitions, facilitating post-merger and acquisition integration, developing project management, sales, customer service and marketing strategies, organizing inbound and outbound call center programs, training and development of management and new hires, and fostering corporate growth through creative change and innovation initiatives.
Chris holds degrees in management studies and organizational behavior from Boston University. He has traveled to 22 countries and 47 states in the course of his career.