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SHRM Advocacy Alerts
The U.S. is facing a critical talent gap, and now is the time for HR professionals to make their voices heard. As an HR leader, you know that building a strong workforce starts with ensuring workers have access to education, training, and upskilling opportunities that align with employer needs. Please contact your members of Congress today and urge them to strengthen and support the education-to-employment pipeline.
Key Policy Areas
At SHRM, we are focused on six key policy areas that have a meaningful impact on the workplace.
Build a modern immigration system that fuels economic growth and protects U.S. workers
Together, We Have:
- Secured assistance for SHRM affiliates with the expansion of the Paycheck Protection Program
- Advocated for Modernized Health Savings Plans Rules through key changes in the CARES Act
- Connected HR professionals and business leaders to lawmakers with over 1,600 unique interactions at the federal and state levels
- Increased the ways employers can help students by advocating for the expansion of employer-provided education assistance to include student loan repayment
- Protected the employer-employee relationship in California through important changes to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018
- Showcased powerful women’s voices through SHRM’s partnership with the National Foundation for Women Legislators to celebrate 100 years of the 19th Amendment
- Paved the way for a permanent option for remote examination of documentation related to the Form I-9 that successfully modernizes the employment verification process without sacrificing safety or security.