As the year comes to a close, it’s time to reflect on key changes, emerging trends, and what lies ahead for businesses in 2025. This engaging session is packed with insights to ensure you’re informed, prepared, and ahead of the curve.

What You’ll Learn:

• Federal Trade Commission and Department of Labor Updates: Gain clarity on recent regulatory changes and their implications.

• Minimum Wage Updates – Key Changes for 2025: Understand what’s coming and how to prepare your organization.

• Post-Election Recap: Explore how the results may shape policies and impact employers nationwide.

• Emerging Developments and Trends for the New Year: Discover the critical trends shaping the business landscape in 2025.

Join the PrestigePEO team for an important training session to equip our clients with the skills and insights to build and sustain a respectful, discrimination-free workplace. In this informative session, Megan Krouse, Associate General Counsel and HR Consultant, and LaToya Velez, Manager of HR Client Services, will guide you through critical topics that can transform your workplace culture.

Here’s what you’ll gain from this session:

• Practical Tools to help identify and proactively address discrimination.
• Effective HR Strategies for recognizing, managing, and preventing discrimination before it becomes an issue.
• Actionable Steps for fostering a respectful, inclusive work environment that benefits everyone.

We’re proud to share that a technology update is coming soon to PrestigePRO. The PrestigePEO team has dedicated considerable effort to these updates, and the progress is impressive thus far. Anticipate a comprehensive revamp of the reporting center, enabling seamless access to accurate information with ease. The new report center will feature a single reporting architecture and helpful new features and functionality. The restructure also includes new technology alignment for your convenience, interface changes to support both basic and advanced users, as well as dashboard and visualization enhancements.

Topics discussed will include:

• Data Visualizations (a new level of analysis made easy)
• New Dashboard Displays (a better view of what helps you)
• Advanced Report Building (create, save, share & schedule)

Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI) plays a critical role in safeguarding your business against employment-related claims such as wrongful termination, discrimination, and harassment. It’s essential for business owners to understand the scope of EPLI coverage and how to protect their organization from these risks.

In this webinar, Elisabeth Shaw, PrestigePEO’s VP-General Counsel, and Colleen Higley, Director of HR Services, will offer valuable insights into EPLI and share best practices to help you mitigate potential claims.

Topics Discussed will include:

• EPLI Basics: Understand the fundamentals of EPLI and how it can protect your organization.

• Claim and Litigation Trends: Stay updated on current trends in employment claims and litigation, and how they impact your business.

• The Big Five and Other Protected Categories: Learn about the major areas of exposure for employment practices and the legally protected categories you need to be aware of.

• Strategic HR and Risk Mitigation: Discover practical HR strategies to mitigate risks and reduce the likelihood of employment-related claims.

It’s crucial for New York businesses to stay informed on the latest employment law updates. Join us for an informative and comprehensive webinar, where our legal experts will discuss key changes that could impact your business and provide actionable insights to ensure compliance.

Topics to be Discussed:

State-Wide Updates:

• Minimum Wage/Salary Threshold Increases
• Changes to Article 6 of the New York Labor Law, including direct deposit approval
• New York Retail Worker Safety Act (RWSA): Effective March 4, 2025
• Paid Lactation Breaks & Prenatal Leave Law
• Anti-Discrimination Law updates & Sexual Harassment Updates
• Sick Leave Policy Changes
• Non-Compete Clause & Severance Agreement Rulings
• Extended Covid-19 Measures (Through July 31, 2025)

NYC & Westchester County-Specific Updates:

• Minimum Wage/Salary Threshold Increases
• NYC Workers’ Bill of Rights and related language requirements

PrestigePEO is proud to partner with Slavic401k to bring you a new 401(k) plan for your business’s benefit lineup.

In this webinar you’ll meet the Slavic401k team, learn about their services and receive a preview of what you and your employees can expect from the new partnership.

Don’t miss opportunity to learn more about our new retirement plan offering!

When an employer faces a sexual harassment complaint from an employee, it can be difficult to know what the employer should do next. In our next webinar series, Liz Shaw, VP-General Counsel, and Colleen Higley, Director, Human Resources and Client Services, will discuss sexual harassment complaints and some best practices for navigating those complaints.

Specifically, we will cover:

• What is a sexual harassment complaint?
• What steps should an employer take to address a complaint in the workplace?
• What documentation should the employer retain?
• What are some best practices for addressing sexual harassment or sexual harassment complaints in the workplace?
• What can happen if a sexual harassment complaint is ignored or unresolved?

Continuing our compliance webinar series, PrestigePEO presents the next installment with an overview of the differences between the ADA and FMLA. These types of leave can be confusing for employers and employees alike, and we will review the steps to achieve compliance. Elisabeth Shaw, VP General Counsel and Megan Siegel, Corporate Counsel, will lead an informative webinar about these leave types.

Topics discussed will include:

• An overview of the requirements and job protections under the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
• An overview of the requirements under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), including a primer on conducting the interactive process
• The intersection of ADA and FMLA and practical steps to achieve compliance

Our partnership with MetLife offers access to a variety of products and services. During this special enrollment period, we will host an informative webinar session to discuss the products available for enrollment. Download the presentation or watch the webinar to learn about the programs and how they can benefit you and your family.

Products discussed will include:

• Aura Identity and Fraud Protection
• Farmers Home & Auto Insurance
• MetLife Pet Insurance

Exciting news—new features and tools will soon be rolled out to PrestigePRO! We’re thrilled to provide you with the latest in HR technology and share the upcoming improvements. The informative webinar session includes what’s next for PrestigePRO and show you some of the elements you can expect in the near future.

Topics discussed will include:

• New Manager Functionality within the Employee Portal, making it easier for worksite managers to perform daily employee tasks.
• Enhancements will enable managers to access their manager capabilities without having to log into a separate account.
• Enhanced Report Center update and 2024 roadmap.