SHRM Member Advocacy: What Is It & What Are We Advocating?

Bob CarragherBuffalo · Niagara HRA – February 21, 2007

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Highlights for Tonight’s Discussion

• SHRM’s Government Affairs Team

• What is Member Advocacy

• State Trends in HR Legislative Issues

• SHRM’s Major Focus on Capitol Hill

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Governmental Affairs Team

Michael AitkenDirector, Governmental

Affairs

800-283-7476 ext. 6027

maitken@shrm.org

Anita Dennison Governmental Affairs

Coordinator

800-283-7476 ext. 6028

aedison@shrm.org

Kenya N. WileyManager, Regulatory and

Judicial Affairs

800-283-7476 ext. 6026

kwiley@shrm.org

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Governmental Affairs Team

Lisa Horn Michael LaymanManager, Health Care Manager, Labor

&800-283-7476 ext. 6352 Employment Law

lhorn@shrm.org 800-283-7476

mlayman@shrm.org (also will handle

Workforce Readiness)

Nancy HammerManager, Tax & Benefits800-283-7476 ext. 6030nhammer@shrm.org

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Governmental Affairs Team

Bob CarragherManager, Government

Relations

800-283-7476 ext. 6268

rcarragher@shrm.org

Bernard ColemanMember Advocacy

Specialist

800-283-7476 ext. 6260

bcoleman@shrm.org

Kathleen Coulombe State Affairs Specialist

800-283-7476 ext. 6061

kcoulombe@shrm.org

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SHRM Governmental Affairs

The SHRM Governmental Affairs Team (GAT) is responsible for monitoring and, when appropriate, advocating on

certain federal and state issues that have the potential of impacting HR professionals, their companies, and the

workplace.

Federal Public Policies

State Public Policies

Member Advocacy

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Two Ways to Effectively Advocate

• Grassroots Letter Writing Campaigns

• Relationship Building

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Example Alert – New York (Mandated Benefits)

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Example Alert – New York (Mandated Benefits) Cont.

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Relationship Building Activities

• Day Inside the Beltway (DITB)

• Day Inside the District (DITD)

Just two examples of how SHRM’s Governmental Affairs Team can help you and your fellow members become advocates for the HR profession.

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Day Inside The Beltway - Tampa Chapter (May 2006)

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Day Inside The District

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Other Relationship Building Activities

• State Advocacy Day (Tom Minnick, NY State Leg. Director)

o New York has an HRVoice Day in Albany scheduled for April 16 - 17, 2007. By participating in such events, legislators can put a face behind the letters and calls they receive from the HR community.

• Personal Relationship Buildingo Attend a Member’s Town Hall Meetingso Invite an Elected Official to your Business or

Chapter Meetingso Attend SHRM Labor & Leg. Conference in March

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State Trends in HR Legislation

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State Trends

• Workplace Safety / Weapons Policies

• Immigration Reform

• Health Care Reform

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Workplace Safety / Weapons Policies

Laws Enacted Defeated in 2006 Pending in 2007

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Workplace Safety / Weapons Policies

Generally speaking, these bills (with the exception of the Illinois bill):

•Restrict most employers’ rights to establish workplace safety policies prohibiting employees from bringing weapons onto an employer’s place of business;

•Limit an employer’s ability to exercise his or her individual rights as a property owner to determine what’s best for his or her establishment; and

•Could subject employers to criminal penalties and fines, as well as civil actions and damages brought as a result of a death or injury to an employee or customer caused by a firearm.