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Monday
May 09, 2022
Congress Registration
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10101 - Registration
Check in on your first day at Congress to receive your badge and conference materials.
12:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Special Events
Chapter Exchange
10201 - Chapter Exchange
Join other payroll professionals from over 120 active APA chapters across the country at this annual networking event. APA's Board of Advis...
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Tuesday
May 10, 2022
20101 - Registration
7:00 AM - 6:30 PM
REUNITE
20102 - REUNITE
Reconnect, or connect for the first time, with payroll pros from around the world.
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Tweet Up
20201 - Tweet Up
Expand your network and meet social media enthusiasts at the Payroll Congress Tweet Up. Need some social media training? Members of the APA'...
11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Workshop Session 1
20301 - Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Plans
Find out what is and what is not nonqualified deferred compensation. How do the plans administer employee elections, deferrals, and distribu...
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM
Benefits and Compensation
1.00 rch / 1.00 cpe
20303 - Dealing With Complex Union Payrolls
Unions present unique challenges today due to increased globalization, technology enhancements, government laws, transient workforce, and mo...
Payroll Management and Operations
20304 - IRS/SSA Reconciliations: What You Don't Know Can Hurt You
The IRS/SSA reconciliation process compares an employer's earnings report data processed by the SSA with the employer's tax report data proc...
20305 - How to Apply Automation to Global Payroll
How can companies leverage automation and digital workers to offset the ever-growing challenge to get more done with less? Learn what automa...
Technology
20306 - Breakthrough Communication Strategies During Times of Change
Without an effective internal communications strategy, how will you connect with your workforce to share insights, exchange ideas, and suppo...
Professional Development
Workshop Session 2
20401 - Help Your Employees Live an Intelligent Financial Life
We will focus on how to fast-track launching on demand pay with integrated personal financial tools. This leads to reduced employee financia...
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM
Thought Leadership
20403 - When Does a Visa Impact Withholding?
Inpatriate payroll tax treatment is generally driven by visa type. Is the inpatriate subject to social security tax, state UI, or withholdin...
Late-breaking Legislative and Regulatory Updates
20404 - How to Avoid Payroll-Related Lawsuits, and What to Do If Your Company Has Been Sued
When payroll goes wrong, there can be serious legal consequences. What happens if you, or someone working with you, makes a mistake affectin...
20405 - Pay Your Employees Today: How Earned Wage Access Wins Over Workers
Recruiting and retaining top talent is harder than ever. As employers face unprecedented staffing challenges, how and when employees are pai...
20406 - The Nuts and Bolts of Child Support
Don't confuse child support with child's play. Meeting the intricacies of an Income Withholding Order requires an in-depth knowledge of both...
Workshop Session 3
20501 - So You Want to Be an Independent Contractor?
Unemployment is at an all-time low. It's once again a hot market for employees and many workers are choosing to be independent contractors. ...
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
20503 - Legislative Outlook and APA Advocacy
The mission of the American Payroll Association's (APA) Government Relations Task Force is to build relationships between payroll profession...
20504 - Prevention of Overpaid Employment Taxes
The cost of FICA, FUTA, and state unemployment taxes on employers can be significant. Overpayments inadvertently made can result in negative...
20505 - Implementing a Mobility Program
Businesses are embracing remote work now more than ever. Understanding compliance is just the beginning. Implementing infrastructure to admi...
20506 - It's More Than a Paycheck, It's Financial Wellbeing
What does a paycheck mean to employees today? The recent pandemic has changed the way we think about employment, earning a living, and creat...
Opening General Session
20601 - The Audacity of What If?
What if we could define business our own way? What if our way could set the standard for our industry? This inspiring and interactive presen...
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Expo Grand Opening and Cocktail Reception
20701 - Expo Grand Opening and Cocktail Reception
The Expo is the place to be to learn about cutting-edge technologies, tools, resources, and trends affecting the payroll industry. Take this...
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Wednesday
May 11, 2022
30101 - Registration
7:00 AM - 5:30 PM
Workshop Session 4
30202 - Forum on Federal Payroll Issues, Part 1
Get answers to important questions about how federal payroll law should be applied. The questions, prepared by payroll professionals, will b...
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
30203 - The Impact of COVID-19 on Unemployment Insurance Programs
This session will examine the impact of the COVID-19 public health crisis on the solvency of state unemployment trust funds and the effect o...
30204 - Calculating Deceased Wages Correctly
When the unfortunate event occurs, is your company prepared to process payments to the appropriate person or persons? Payroll will need to i...
30205 - Fair Labor Standards Act: Wage and Hour Nightmares, Case Studies, and Legal Updates
Complying with the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is vital to being a successful payroll professional. Join this session for a discussion o...
30206 - Advanced Career-Building Speaking Skills
Great presenters increase the speed with which they succeed. Presentation skills expert Patricia Fripp leads this action-packed, content-ric...
General Session
30301 - The Algorithmic Leader
We live in an age of wonder - cars that drive themselves, platforms that anticipate our needs, and robots capable of everything from advance...
9:15 AM - 10:45 AM
Workshop Session 5
30401 - Disrupt DEI: Using Data to Create Lasting Change
Creating a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace is a business imperative in the current climate. Relying on data-driven tools, leader...
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
30404 - 1099-NEC and 1099-MISC Reporting: Federal and State Requirements
This session will introduce you to Forms 1099-NEC and 1099-MISC and their impact on the accounts payable process. You'll learn what the IRS ...
30405 - My Time or Yours? The Changing Landscape of Employees' Compensable Time
Payroll professionals have to make sure that employees are compensated properly for all the time they work. However, what constitutes "time ...
30406 - Overpayments: What Can We Do?
Overpayments aren't always due to payroll calculation errors. They can also be caused by an employee’s failure to meet certain employment re...
Expo Open
30501 - Expo Open
Payroll service providers come together to share information and connect with the payroll community. Our Expo is the place to be to learn ab...
12:00 PM - 8:15 PM
Expo Lunch
30601 - Expo Lunch
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
30701 - Awards General Session
Members are the lifeblood of the APA. The success of the association and the advancement of the payroll profession are not possible without ...
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Workshop Session 6
30801 - Taxable and Nontaxable Fringe Benefits, Part 1
Join this session for an exciting hour to learn how to determine taxable and non-taxable fringe benefits. You'll enjoy real life stories on ...
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
30803 - An Introduction to Tax Notice Compliance
Join us for an insightful journey through the world of tax notice resolution with the IRS, SSA, and state and local agencies. You will leave...
30804 - The Strategic Role Payroll Plays in Improving Employee Experience
As talent competition rises, many organizations are reviewing payroll processes to better serve employees. This session will explore emergin...
30805 - Metrics - How to Show Your Value
As a leader, how do you measure the performance of your team and identify what you do well, areas that need improvement, and individual deve...
30806 - Strategies to Maximize Efficiency With Your Workforce Management System
Discover ways to improve your company's overall operational efficiency in leveraging data analytics that can be found through technology, li...
Workshop Session 7
30901 - A Data-Driven Examination of EWA/On-Demand Pay
Earned wage access and on-demand payroll programs are being increasingly adopted and talked about in payroll circles. In this session, we'll...
5:15 PM - 6:15 PM
30904 - Forum on Federal Payroll Issues, Part 2
30905 - Navigating State and Local Tax Challenges From the Pandemic
The pandemic has caused organizations to struggle in learning and adapting to state and local regulatory changes. This session will look at ...
30906 - Regular Pay vs Regular Rate of Pay: Are You Calculating Overtime Correctly?
Calculating overtime correctly under the Fair Labor Standards Act is one of the most overlooked areas by employers and can be one of the mos...
Dinner and Cocktail Reception
31001 - Dinner and Cocktail Reception
6:15 PM - 8:15 PM
Party
31101 - Party
Come ready to make some memories at the Annual Payroll Congress Party.
8:00 PM - 11:00 PM
Thursday
May 12, 2022
40101 - Registration
7:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Workshop Session 8
40201 - Payroll and 401(k) Plans -Simplify, Outsource, and Protect
Learn about the benefits of integrating payroll with your 401(k) provider and how these efficiencies will save time, money, and help mitigat...
40203 - Employment Issues Encountered With a Remote Workforce
Remote employees have always existed but they often did so 'under the radar' of both their company and the states. Now remote work arrangeme...
40204 - Secrets of a Successful Year-End
Year-end can be challenging, often involving long hours and many stressful days. This session will highlight year-end best practices and the...
40205 - The Three T's of Implementing - Test, Test, and Test
Testing is one of the most important parts of systems implementation and often many organizations don’t allocate enough time or resources to...
40206 - Selling Yourself and Your Ideas
Want to get promoted? Have your ideas accepted? Be perceived as interesting? Attend this session and learn the techniques that give you an e...
40301 - Expo Open
9:00 AM - 2:15 PM
Workshop Session 9
40401 - The Best Practices to Prevent Fraud
For any company, preventing fraud is an issue that should be at the top of the list when it comes to safeguarding the business and its emplo...
40403 - Real-Time Payroll Processing: Moving at the Speed of Workers
The gig economy has transformed the workplace, as flexible work environments and on-demand payments are now table stakes to attract and reta...
40404 - What's Old and New at SSA?
The Social Security Administration (SSA) plays a critical role in payroll management, including requirements for wage reporting. The SSA's m...
40405 - Payroll Compliance Health Check: Diagnose the Ailments Preventing High Performance
Payroll management is one of every organization's largest expenses and plays a key role in the success of the business. We'll walk you throu...
40406 - Making Friends in Your Leadership Network
Leadership can be a lonely process. You need friends, a community, and a mastermind that will support you, grow you, and push you. Learn how...
Workshop Session 10
40501 - Maximizing the Full Potential of Your Payroll Systems
This is the most challenging time for the payroll industry: dealing with process efficiencies, managing data, compliance breaches, and suppo...
11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
40502 - Taxable and Nontaxable Fringe Benefits, Part 2
This session includes a regulatory and procedural overview of several popular but confusing fringe benefits and the most recent changes to e...
40505 - The Promise and Perils of Using Artificial Intelligence in Human Resources
Drawing on real-world examples, this presentation will provide an overview of the promise and perils of using artificial intelligence to mak...
40506 - Refortify, Revisit, and Regroup in Business and Life
Know what you stand for! Refortify, revisit, and regroup so your values reflect the leader you've become. Courageous values are simple, clea...
40601 - Expo Lunch
12:15 PM - 2:15 PM
Workshop Session 11
40701 - The Great Resignation: What Role Does Payroll Play?
More than 50% of workers say they would leave their current employer for one that cares about their financial well-being, forcing organizati...
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
40702 - Post-Pandemic Return to Office: Hybrid Worker and Business Traveler Compliance
Companies have struggled with managing payroll compliance issues as they implement plans to return to an office fully, partially, or not at ...
40703 - Payroll, HR, and AP as Strategic Partners
Engaging human resources and accounts payable as strategic partners in your payroll processes can enable the payroll, HR, and AP departments...
40704 - Preparing and Analyzing Requests for Proposal
Why prepare a request for proposal (RFP)? An RFP serves as the road map for communications between the purchasing organization and the vendo...
40705 - Building and Leading Payroll Teams of the Future
Throughout the pandemic, the payroll function played a pivotal role in keeping businesses running. Today, payroll managers are facing new ch...
40706 - Creating a Culture of Preparedness for the Next Crisis
A culture of preparedness is about maintaining a constant state of readiness. COVID taught us there is work to be done to be prepared for th...
Closing General Session
40801 - The SEAT of Success: How Top Performers Never Settle for Balcony Seats
Many people, especially over the last two years, have become stagnant or stuck in frustration with their professional and personal goals. Ma...
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Friday
May 13, 2022
Workshop Session 12
50101 - Paid Sick Leave: From Perk to Mandate
Paid sick leave legislation dominates the news as the world continues to deal with COVID-19. Payroll departments should understand key oblig...
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM
50102 - Managing Independent Contractors in the New Gig Economy
Many state and local legislatures have enacted laws and ordinances affecting worker classification. Others have enacted diverse worker prote...
50103 - Garnishments, Levies, Student Loans, and More
Granted, paying your employees' bills with money they have earned before they even get paid doesn't sound like a job for the payroll departm...
50104 - Managing Termination Pay
This session discusses termination as an ending of employment other than retirement. Federal law only says that we must pay an employee for ...
50105 - Diversity, Inclusion, Equality, and Me
Diversity, inclusion, and equality are key concerns across communities and within work environments. In this session, we will examine key tr...
Workshop Session 13
50201 - Multi-State - The Impacts of NEXUS
We are in challenging times with our employees working more remotely than ever. Let's discuss the impact of NEXUS and what it means to an em...
9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
50202 - State Policymaking and Payroll Impacts: Insider Perspectives
State elected officials are on the front line of policymaking that directly impacts payroll. Get insider perspectives on the process to get ...
50203 - Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Global Payroll - Is It Going to Replace Your Teams?
Hear how artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are not enemies of payroll managers. AI and ML have changed the way payroll ...
50204 - Metrics and Measures, How to Get Started with KPIs
Have you made the decision to get started with metrics? Metrics highlight success, prove efficiency, and help identify areas for improvement...
50205 - PayTrain: Payroll Training at Your Command
PayTrain is an online payroll training program designed to enhance your knowledge in the legal, compliant, and practical practices of payrol...
APA Tools
Workshop Session 14
50301 - Hot Topics for 2022
Over the past two years, payroll professionals have dealt with changed work environments, new compliance requirements, and other challenges ...
50303 - Payroll Adjustments--The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
2021 was an adventure. New 941 forms, changes to the Form 941-X, and the increase in remote employees all combined to make Form W-2C and ame...
50304 - Strategic Payroll: Better Benchmarking to Drive Business Success
This session will explore the KPIs all organizations should be tracking to create a more strategic payroll operation that connects payroll's...
Lunch
50300 - Lunch
12:00 PM - 1:15 PM
Workshop Session 15
50402 - Blockchain, Mobile Payments, and the Future of Payroll Administration
Blockchain technology could be a game changer for payroll administration, allowing employers to facilitate cross-border payments to employee...
1:15 PM - 2:15 PM
50403 - Build A Can-Do Attitude: I've Got the Power, She's Got the Power, We've Got the Power
It is time for a can-do attitude. Create a culture of YES, we can! Build momentum in your team and organization. Learn strategies to create ...
50404 - Ethics in Payroll
Payroll compliance issues can be difficult to deal with when your employer doesn't agree with your interpretation of the law or doesn't want...
Workshop Session 16
50501 - Correcting the W-2: Form W-2c to 941-X and More
Year-end is completed and W-2 forms have been distributed to employees when you discover some employees have received incorrect Forms W-2. C...
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM
50502 - California Labor Law and Payroll Tax Issues
California payrolls are always a challenge and 2022 is no exception. We'll cover the latest on California legislation and labor laws, includ...
50503 - Mergers and Acquisitions
This session goes beyond the basic tax and reporting requirements that must be met during a merger or acquisition. Designed for payroll pro...
50504 - Next Gen Leadership
What is effective leadership? The answer to that question is constantly influenced by new factors, none bigger than growing generational gap...