Press Releases 

Throughout the year, SHRM's Public Affairs Department issues periodic press releases on numerous topics of importance to the HR community.  Below are links to SHRM press releases related to public policy and member advocacy activities.

SHRM Advocacy Press Releases

• SHRM Urges Virginia Assembly to Reject E-Verify Employer Mandate - August 3, 2009
• Supreme Court Issues Important Ruling for Employers in ADEA Case - June 19, 2009
• SHRM Calls for Flexible, Voluntary Federal Policy on Paid Leave - June 11, 2009
• Federal Contractor Rule Delayed for a Third Time

  June 2, 2009
• SHRM Provides Input to Shape Mental Health Parity Rules - May 28, 2009
• SHRM Files Brief Asking Supreme Court to Interpret Labor-Management Relations Act - May 26, 2009
• SHRM to Seek Alternative to Healthy Families Act to Encourage Paid Leave - May 18, 2009
• SHRM Calls for New Policy on Workplace Leave to Ensure Flexibility and Predictability for Employees and Employers - May 7, 2009
• SHRM Files Comments on EEOC’s Proposed Rule Implementing GINA Title II - May 5, 2009
• House Introduces Bill to Repair America’s Broken Employment Verification System - April 23, 2009
• Federal Contractor E-Verify Mandate Rule Further Delayed - April 17, 2009
• SHRM Supports Employer Representation by Non-Attorneys in Unemployment Compensation Hearings in Illinois Court Case - March 31, 2009
• SHRM Files Amicus Brief in U.S. Supreme Court case on Discrimination - March 30, 2009
• SHRM Statement on the Introduction of EFCA - March 10, 2009
• SHRM Files Lawsuit to Stop New Employment Eligibility Rule - December 23, 2008 
• New FMLA Rules WILL Improve Vital Law - November 14, 2008
• New Rules Restore Balance to FMLA, Protecting Employees and Employers - November 14, 2008
• SHRM Announces Support of Sexual Orientation Discrimination Protection - June 19, 2008
• Protecting the Americans with Disability Act - June 18, 2008
• SHRM CEO Testifies Before House Subcommittee on Employment Verification - May 6, 2008
• National Coalition Seeks Clarification of FMLA Regulations - April 17, 2008 
• Immigration and Leave Policy Top Agenda for Human Resource Leaders Lobbying - March 12, 2008 
• Business Leaders Call for Nation's First Mandatory Employment Verification - February 28, 2008 

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