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State Leave Benefits: Building a Proactive Process for Payroll and HR

  • Thursday, December 10, 2026
  • 2:00 PM – 3:40 PM EST
  • 100 Minutes
4.3 / 5 30 ratings of this speaker
CE credits
  • 0.75 ATAPR (Aurora Payroll)
  • 2.00 CPE (Continuing Professional Education)
  • 1.50 HRCI (Human Resource Certification Institute)
  • 1.50 SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management)
  • 1.50 RCH (American Payroll Association)
  • 1.50 ATATX (Aurora Accounting)
  • 1.50 ATAHR (Aurora HR)

What You'll Learn

As state family and medical leave programs continue to expand and evolve, employers face increasing challenges in managing employee benefits, payroll deductions, and reporting requirements. Staying compliant requires more than understanding individual state regulations. It requires a proactive, well-defined process that ensures payroll and HR teams are prepared before an employee requests leave.
  1. Understand evolving state leave requirements: Gain a practical overview of state family and medical leave programs and their implications for payroll, HR, benefits, deductions, and reporting.
  2. Identify potential compliance gaps: Learn how to audit employee work locations and evaluate existing procedures to uncover areas that may create administrative challenges.
  3. Establish clear roles and responsibilities: Discover how to assign ownership, improve communication, and create effective handoffs between payroll and HR.
  4. Build proactive leave administration processes: Develop procedures that prepare your organization to respond consistently and efficiently to employee leave requests.
  5. Explore opportunities for automation: Identify appropriate steps that can be automated to streamline administration and reduce manual work.
  6. Adapt processes to your organization: Learn strategies that work for both larger organizations with dedicated payroll and HR departments and smaller employers with combined responsibilities.
  7. Access practical implementation resources: Receive a state comparison handout, official resource links, discovery questions, and employee intake questions to help develop and maintain your procedures.
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This practical 100-minute webinar, including Q&A, explores how to build and maintain effective state leave administration processes that reduce errors, improve communication, and clarify responsibilities. Participants will learn how to audit employee work locations, identify procedural gaps, establish clear ownership, and strengthen coordination between payroll and HR. The session will also examine opportunities to automate appropriate steps and adapt procedures for organizations of different sizes, including smaller employers where one individual manages both payroll and HR responsibilities.

Through real-world payroll consulting insights and practical examples, attendees will gain actionable strategies for anticipating leave administration challenges and keeping their processes current as state requirements change. Participants will also receive a state comparison handout with links to official resources, along with discovery and employee intake questions to support the development of their own internal procedures.

By attending this webinar, you'll gain the confidence and practical tools to address potential leave administration issues before they become problems. Walk away better equipped to improve internal processes, reduce administrative uncertainty, and support employees while keeping pace with changing state requirements.

Level: Basic
Instructional Delivery Method: Group Internet Based
Delivery Format: Live Webcast
NASBA Field of Study: Taxes (2 hours)
Program Prerequisites: None
Advance Preparation: No

Meet Your Speaker

Raeann Hofkin

Raeann Hofkin has nearly 4 decades of experience in all facets of payroll management, both domestic and international. She served on the American Payroll Association Certification Board from 2016 to 2018 as a subject matter expert, the Board of Contributing writers for a number of years, in...

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What Attendees Are Saying

  • “I appreciate getting up to date information”

    Darlene P. , Payroll Manager

  • “nothing additional”

    Cindi F. , Controller & Fiscal Officer

  • “Lucked out that the presenter talked about PA and we have one EE there that I need to check for any local taxes. Also have...”

    Roxanne P. , Payroll & Benefits Manager

  • “I am very glad how to tax remote workers was covered.”

    Jessica E. , Benefits Analyst

  • “In my opinion, for events like this, it is essential to see the presenter, as a significant portion of communication is...”

    Sara P. , Accounting Manager

  • “Webinar was good, but I was bummed because my question was not answered in regards to "Do you have any information on how...”

    Elizabeth C. , Payroll Specialist

  • “Thank you.”

    Brenda C. , ASST. CONTROLLER

  • “No additional comments”

    Patricia N. , Controller

  • “This topic did not allow enough time for Q&A”

    Leslie F. , Finance Director

  • “I had several presenters before, but Raeann was extremely clear and presented very well. And answered all of the...”

    Yvonne S.

CE Credits

These are the continuing education credits available to you for this webinar.

  • 0.75 ATAPR Aurora Payroll Aurora Training Advantage is offering continuing education points designed to recognize dedication to training and excellence in payroll.
  • 2.00 CPE Continuing Professional Education

    Aurora Training Advantage is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org.

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  • 1.50 HRCI Human Resource Certification Institute Browse HRCI-approved webinars and earn recertification credits online. Live and on-demand HR training for PHR, SPHR, and GPHR recertification. Expert-led sessions from Aurora Training Advantage.
  • 1.50 SHRM Society for Human Resource Management Aurora Training Advantage is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for the SHRM-CPSM or SHRM-SCPSM. For more information about certification or recertification, please visit www.shrmcertification.org.
  • 1.50 RCH American Payroll Association

    Aurora Training Advantage is an approved provider through the American Payroll Association. To receive credit through the American Payroll Association for this program you MUST attend the program in its entirety.
  • 1.50 ATATX Aurora Accounting Aurora Training Advantage is offering continuing education points designed to recognize dedication to training and excellence in accounting.
  • 1.50 ATAHR Aurora HR Aurora Training Advantage is offering continuing education points designed to recognize dedication to training and excellence in human resources.