Margie Faulk
The distinction between a W-2 employee and a 1099 independent contractor has always been a critical topic for payroll professionals, HR managers, and business owners. In 2025, the stakes are even higher as federal and state authorities intensify efforts to identify and penalize misclassification. This expert-led webinar will walk you through the most current rules, tests, and real-world implications of classifying your workforce accurately.
Join Margie Faulk - PHR, SHRM-CP, a leading authority on payroll compliance, to gain practical tools and strategies to navigate the updated regulatory environment with confidence.
What You'll Learn:
This comprehensive session will arm you with essential knowledge, including:
1. DOL Criteria for Worker Status
2. Permissible Classifications Under IRS Rules
3. Common Law Rule Essentials
4. IRS's Three Core Factors
5. FLSA vs. IRS Classification
6. The ABC Test & State Law Supremacy
7. Cross-Agency Enforcement
8. Form SS-8 Insights
9. W-2s vs. 1099s: Who Gets What?
10. Audit Triggers and Compliance Risks
11. Penalties for Misclassification
12. Remediation Steps
Why You Need to Attend?
Misclassification is no longer a minor risk—it’s a regulatory minefield. As the federal and state governments coordinate enforcement efforts, fines and penalties for misclassifying workers have skyrocketed.
This webinar helps you:
Whether you’re a business owner managing freelancers or an HR manager navigating gray areas of worker control, this webinar will provide clarity, compliance strategies, and peace of mind.
Who This Course Is For:
This course is ideal for professionals and decision-makers who deal with payroll, HR compliance, and worker classification. Attendees include:
Lawmakers and Government Consultants
Margie Faulk is a senior-level human resources professional with over 15 years of HR management and compliance experience. A current Compliance Advisor for HR Compliance Solutions, LLC, Margie, has worked as an HR Compliance advisor for major corporations and small businesses in the small, large, private, public, and non-profit sectors. Margie has provided small to large businesses with risk management strategies that protect companies and reduces potential workplace fines and penalties from violation of employment regulations. Margie is bilingual (Spanish) fluent and Bi-cultural.Margie’s area of expertise includes Criminal Background Screening Policies and auditing, I-9 document correction and storage compliance, Immigration Compliance, employee handbook development, policy development, sexual harassment investigations/certified training, SOX regulations, payroll compliance, compliance consulting, monitoring US-based federal, state and local regulations, employee relations issues, internal investigations, HR management, compliance consulting, internal/external audits, and performance management.Margie is a speaker and accomplished trainer and has created and presented compliance seminars/webinars for over 16 US and International compliance institutes. Margie has testified as a compliance subject matter expert (SME) for several regulatory agencies and against regulatory agencies, thank goodness, not on the same day. Margie offers compliance training to HR professionals, business owners, and leadership to ensure compliance with workplace and regulations.Margie’s unique training philosophy includes providing free customized tools for all attendees. These tools are customized and have been proven to be part of an effective risk management strategy. Some of the customized tools include the I-9 Self Audit. Correction and Storage program, Ban the Box Decision Matrix Policy that Employers can provide in a dispute for allegations, Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) Compliance Guide, Drug-Free Workplace Volatile Termination E-Book, and other compliance program tools when attendees register and attend Margie’s training.Margie holds professional human resources certification (PHR) from the HR Certification Institution (HRCI) and SHRM-CP certification from the Society for Human Resources Management. Margie is a member of the Society of Corporate Compliance & Ethics (SCCE).
