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Public Policy News for the HR Professional
Health Care Reform
Senate Finance Committee Continues Deliberations
For a second consecutive week, the Senate Finance Committee continued consideration of its health care reform bill, “America’s Healthy Future Act.” [ More ]
Workplace Discrimination
House Education and Labor Committee Weighs Gender Identity
HR professionals know that workplace issues involving sexual orientation and gender identity can sometimes be among the most challenging. Now Congress wants to understand these issues more fully. [ More ]
Member Advocacy
SHRM’s Georgia Members Visit Capitol Hill
On Wednesday, September 23, SHRM’s Georgia State Council President Eunice Glover led a delegation of seven other SHRM members for a Day Inside the Beltway, visiting the offices of the state’s two U.S. Senators and four U.S. Representatives on Capitol Hill. [ More ]
Regulatory Developments
EEOC Seeks Comments on Proposed Rules for ADA Amendments Act
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently published a proposed rule to implement the “Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act” (ADAAA). Congress passed the ADAAA on September 25, 2008. [ More ]
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