Navigating 2025 Employment Laws: What Every Employer Needs to Know

As we enter 2025, both federal and state governments are implementing significant updates to employment laws that impact businesses of all sizes. These changes include new overtime regulations, minimum wage increases, expanded anti-discrimination protections, and evolving compliance requirements for worker classifications and pay transparency. Failure to comply can result in costly penalties, litigation, and reputational harm.

This webinar equips HR professionals and employers with the knowledge and tools necessary to navigate these new requirements confidently and proactively.

Why Should You Attend?

Compliance with employment laws is not optional, and the cost of getting it wrong has never been higher. This webinar provides practical insights into the latest legal updates for 2025, helping you avoid pitfalls, protect your organization, and create a fair and legally compliant workplace. If you are an HR leader, business owner, or compliance professional, this session will help you stay ahead of the curve.

Employment laws are evolving rapidly, and the changes for 2025 are some of the most impactful in recent years. From the increase in federal overtime thresholds to state-specific updates on minimum wages, pay transparency, and employee protections, these laws touch every corner of the workplace. Businesses need a clear roadmap to ensure compliance and maintain effective employment practices.

This session will break down the key updates, including:

• Federal updates to overtime pay thresholds for exempt and highly compensated employees.
• State minimum wage hikes and expanded pay transparency laws.
• Intersectional anti-discrimination protections and worker rights enhancements.
• Practical strategies for updating policies, handbooks, contracts, and procedures to meet compliance standards.

Participants will leave with a clear understanding of the changes and actionable steps to prepare their organizations for the new legal landscape in 2025.

Areas Covered

1. Introduction
   • Overview of 2025’s most critical employment law changes.
   • The importance of staying compliant to avoid risk and liability.
2. Federal Employment Law Updates
   • Increased salary thresholds for overtime exemptions.
   • Revised guidelines for highly compensated employees.
   • Introduction of triennial updates to salary thresholds.
3. State-Specific Changes
   • Minimum wage increases across the nation.
   • State-specific pay transparency and job posting requirements.
   • New worker protections in industries like healthcare and freelance work.
4. Enhanced Anti-Discrimination and Worker Rights
   • Intersectional anti-discrimination laws combining multiple protected characteristics.
   • Restrictions on captive audience meetings for political and religious discussions.
5. Steps to Compliance
   • How to update employee handbooks, contracts, and policies.
   • Training staff and leadership on new requirements.
   • Leveraging tools and resources for seamless compliance.
6. Conclusion
   • Recap of key takeaways.
   • Final guidance on how to prepare for the new year.

Learning Objectives

• Gain a thorough understanding of major federal and state employment law changes for 2025.
• Learn practical steps to implement compliant policies and procedures.
• Discover strategies to proactively mitigate risks and foster legal alignment within your organization.

Who Should Attend

This program is essential for:

• HR professionals
• Compliance officers
• Business owners and executives
• Managers and team leaders

Speaker(s)

Don Phin, Esq.

Don Phin is a California employment law attorney. Since leaving his litigation practice more than twenty years ago, he has consulted with hundreds of companies to help improve their employment practices. He has presented in person over 600 times to CEOs, HR, and other executives on what works in leadership and employee relations. Don has written numerous books and built HRThatWorks, an online HR compliance and strategy program, used by 3,500 companies and sold to ThinkHR in 2014. In addition to consulting and speaking, Don does executive coaching, expert testimony, and workplace investigations. Streetwise from the Bronx (you can still hear the accent), Don moved to San Diego when he was 20 to work on a tuna boat and never came back. Today Don lives in sunny Coronado, California.

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