Public Policy Position Statements 

This portion of the advocacy website provides access to SHRM's public policy position statements.  

Upon identifying emerging public policy issues of importance to human resource professionals, SHRM Government Affairs team partners with the Research Department to develop survey questions to be utilized in a full SHRM Survey Report or a shorter Question of the Week format to obtain input from the membership.  In addition, Government Affairs staff gathers information by convening a series of public policy focus groups at SHRM national conferences, regional conferences and chapter meetings.  Once this input is gathered, staff develops a proposed policy statement that is then analyzed by several SHRM Special Expertise panels.  The proposed public policy statement is then presented to the Board of Directors for review and consideration.

Below is a selection of public policy position statements recently adopted by the SHRM Board of Directors addressing policy issues currently being debated in the Congress.  To view these documents, please click on the topics listed below: 

• Employment Verification in the Context of Immigration Reform Legislation
• Health Care Reform
• Retirement Security
• Genetic Information
• Corporate Campaigns
• Comparable Worth
• Sexual Orientation
• Workplace Safety

• Employee Representation Rights