Education Tracks
Congress Workshops
Payroll Congress offers four days of top-rated educational workshops. Choose from more a variety of workshops, offered in a variety of education tracks, to increase your level of understanding in all areas of payroll and related fields.
Payroll Thought Leadership
These workshops focus on learning how to obtain significant return on investment and overcoming industry challenges with specific product solutions. These educational workshops showcase how organizations implemented specific solutions that positively impacted their bottom line.
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Workshop Sessions
– Debunking the Myths of Earned Wage Access (EWA): What Payroll Professionals Need to Know (rapid!) – NEW
– Thought Leadership – ADP – NEW
– Thought Leadership – DailyPay – NEW
– Thought Leadership – SAP – NEW
– Thought Leadership – Workday – NEW
Leadership Excellence Series
These workshops present a variety of leadership topics from exploring self-growth as a professional to the retention of top talent. Attend one or all of these six exhilarating sessions designed to inspire and empower you on your leadership journey.
Workshop Sessions
– Effectively Leading in a Multi-Generational Environment – NEW
– Leadership Presentations: How to Inspire Action and Commitment – NEW
– Professional Ethics: An FTX Story – NEW
– Resilient & Adaptive Leadership in Time of Disruption – NEW
– Speak with Confidence, Inspire with Clarity, and Lead with Conviction – NEW
– The AI Alignment Problem – NEW
Late-breaking Legislative and Regulatory Updates
These workshops review current and upcoming legislative and regulatory changes at both the federal and state level. These workshops are a must for anyone involved in maintaining compliance within their organization.
Workshop Sessions
– 10 Self-Inflicted Payroll Tax Wounds to Avoid – NEW
– 1099-NEC and 1099-MISC Reporting: Federal and State Requirements
– California Labor Law and Payroll Tax Issues – Part 1
– California Labor Law and Payroll Tax Issues – Part 2
– Demystifying Kentucky Occupational, State and Local Taxes – NEW
– Domestic Mobility, Part 1
– Domestic Mobility, Part 2
– Employment Law Lessons Learned
– Government Session – TBD – NEW
– Government Session – TBD – NEW
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– Government Session – TBD – NEW
– Hot topics for 2026
– Keep Up With and Be Ready For Nacha Rules Changes – NEW
– Legal Updates in Payroll: 2026 Compliance Challenges in a Digitally Transformed Workforce – NEW
– Navigating Emerging Tax Compliance Changes for Employers
– New York’s Convenience of the Employer: Convenient or Not? – NEW
– Ohio State and Locals – NEW
– Oops! Handling Payroll Corrections – NEW
– Payroll in New York Pt. 1
– Payroll in New York Pt. 2
– Rethinking Unemployment Tax Strategies in Times of Change – NEW
– The Legislative Process – NEW
– Washington State Payroll Tax Essentials – NEW
Payroll Management and Operations
These workshops present topics critical to the efficient operation of the payroll process, to help ensure employees are paid accurately and to identify compliance issues and resolve them before your organization is subject to penalties.
Workshop Sessions
– Ensuring Payroll Continuity Amid Cyber Disruptions
– FLSA: Regular Rate of pay and it complexities
– Game Changers, Part I: Breaking the Law (Even If You Didn’t Mean To) – NEW
– Game Changers, Part II: Are You Playing by the Right Rules? – NEW
– Impact of the W-4 on Paycheck Calculations
– It’s State and Local Payroll Compliance
– Mastering Creditor Garnishments: Payroll Compliance from Both Sides – NEW
– Mergers and Acquisitions (SUI)
– Mergers and Acquisitions from a Payroll Prospective
– Not Just Child Support: The Wide World of Wage Garnishments
– Payroll Accounting Back to Basics
– Preventing Fraud with Controls Audit – NEW
– Supplemental Wages Don’t Require Withholding 22% Federal Income Tax!
– The Nuts and Bolts of Child Support
– The Payroll Maverick – A One-person Team
– Timecards, Tears & Triumphs – Time Tracking & Payroll Accuracy – NEW
Benefits and Compensation
These workshops focus on compliance with benefits and compensation requirements, including the latest developments in fringe benefits, stock options, and nonqualified deferred compensation plans.
Workshop Sessions
– Equity Compensation and a Mobile Workforce Abroad
– Imputed Income: What, When, Where, Why, and How
– Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans
– SECURE 2.0 Act – NEW
– Taxable and Nontaxable Fringe Benefits, Pt 1
– Taxable and Nontaxable Fringe Benefits, Pt 2
– Taxable and Nontaxable Fringe Benefits, Pt 3
– What’s In a Salary? How Total Employment Costs Differs Between the U.S. and Europe – NEW
Global Payroll
These workshops delve into global strategies and success, whether you are processing payroll for one country or multiple regions. Explore a wide spectrum of the payroll function, risks, compliance, and related issues from a global perspective.
Workshop Sessions
– Beyond Automation: How AI is Redefining the Future of Global Payroll – NEW
– Beyond Borders: Building a Future-Ready Global Payroll Operation with Automation & Insight – NEW
– Employment Standards and Nontaxation Issues in Canadian Payroll
– EOR Vs. PEO
– Expat Payroll Essentials: A Practical Guide for Getting Started – NEW
– Global Payroll Structure, Governance and Change – NEW
– Global Payroll, Local People: How Culture Impacts Compliance, Communication & Collaboration – NEW
– Multi Country Payroll Health-Checks – NEW
– Navigating Canadian Payrolls: Taxation Challenges and Compliance
– Navigating the Global Payroll Maze: Simplifying International Payments for your Workforce – NEW
– Not Present and Correct – Global Absence Management – NEW
– Pay Transparency and Fairness
– Payroll in Australia – NEW
– Payroll Service Delivery Models: What’s the right fit?
– Shadow Payroll Demystified: A Practical Guide for Payroll Professionals – NEW
– Spirit of Employment Law in Canada: Navigating Workplace Issues Across the Border – NEW
– The Knowledge – How to Research Complex Global Payroll Queries – NEW
– The Role of AI in Strategic Globalization: Leveraging Technology to Advance Your Payroll Organization – NEW
– The Role of Shared Service Centers in Global Payroll – NEW
Technology
These workshops are designed for anyone focusing on technology covering the latest on artificial intelligence, robotic process automation, pre- and post implementation, and metrics.
Workshop Sessions
– An Introduction to Tax Notice Compliance – NEW
– Cyber Hygiene for Payroll Professionals – NEW
– Earning & Deduction Code Setup – NEW
– Enabling Data-Driven Payroll Insights and Monitoring
– Fill the Gap; history and compliance data from the old to the new HCM System – NEW
– From Complexity to Clarity: Simplifying Global Payroll Through Technology – NEW
– Metrics and Measures, Get Started With KPIs
– Payroll Perfected: A Comprehensive Testing Strategy – NEW
– Post-Implementation Strategy for Payroll Teams
– The Beyond the AI Hype
– The Future of Payroll: Trends and Predictions – NEW
– Vendor Management – A Two-Way Street – NEW
Professional Development
These workshops offer insights and perspectives for enhancing your interpersonal skill set and advancing your career. Covering a range of topics from analytics and communications to metrics and negotiation skills, these sessions will further your professional growth.
Workshop Sessions
– From Processor to Strategist: Leading the Payroll Transformation in the Age of Automation – NEW
– Leadership Mindshift: Keys To Success – NEW
– Leading Across Borders: Navigating Global Teams and Cultures – NEW
– Make Using Analytics Applicable to You
– Maximizing the Consultant Relationship During a Payroll Implementation – NEW
– More Than Money: Payroll’s Influence on Culture, Connection, and the Employee Experience – NEW
– Payroll Accounting from the CFO’s Point of View – NEW
– Payroll Like a Boss – NEW
– Payroll Rebooted: Rethinking Identity, Purpose, and Value in the Next Era – It’s time for a new mindset. – NEW
– People Analytics – Small Steps with Big Impact – NEW
– Root Cause Analysis: The Key to Lasting Solutions – NEW
– Strategic Payroll Leadership: Earning A Seat at A Table – NEW
– Talk Numbers to Me: Presenting Payroll Analytics That Get Results – NEW
– The Legacy Key: Unlocking Talent and Continuity in Payroll Leadership – NEW
– The Payroll Pivot: Is the Fear Tax Making You Invisible?
– Understanding How to Research Tax Issues and Communicate with Leadership – NEW
– Unlocking the Payroll Puzzle: Building a Scorecard That Drives Strategy – NEW
– Your Payroll Playbook: Build Trust, Embrace Change, Drive Success – NEW
– Your Seat at the Table: Empowering Payroll Professionals to Drive Transformation – NEW
PAYO Tools
Are you interested in getting involved with PayrollOrg and/or expanding your knowledge about our tools and resources? Workshops in this track offer a variety of sessions covering the PAYO Bookshelf, chapters and community, the PayTrain e-Learning program, and volunteer opportunities.
Workshop Sessions
– Local Chapter Workshop – Topic TBD – NEW
– Make the Most of Your PAYO Membership – NEW
– Paytrain: Payroll training at your command
Note: Programs are subject to change without notice.
Revised 2/9/26