SHRM Public policy priorities
As we work with policymakers - learn more about SHRM's public policy priorities.
YOUR VOICE MATTERS
The collective work of our membership impacts the lives of more than 115 million employees-your voice must be heard.
LET’S GET TO WORK
At SHRM we are focused on six key policy areas that have a meaningful impact on the workplace
Workforce
development
Support effective workforce
development strategies
WorkPLACE
EQUITY
Advance healthy work cultures
and workplace equity
Workplace
FLEXIBILITY & LEAVE
Enact modern paid leave and
workplace flexibility solutions
WorkPLACE
HEALTH CARE
Strengthen and improve the
employer-based health care system
Workplace
IMMIGRATION
Build a modern immigration system that fuels economic growth and protects U.S. workers
Workplace
GOVERNANCE
Clear, balanced rules and guidance on governance issues are critical to creating better workplaces
Read SHRM’s Top Five: A Look Ahead to Key Workforce Policy Issues in 2023.
As the 118th Congress gets under way, the SHRM Government Affairs team presents the SHRM Top Five: A Look Ahead to Key Workforce Policy Issues in 2023. The Top Five examines how government efforts to increase wages will increase pressure on employer payrolls.
Elevating the Voice of HR Through Policy, Not Politics
SHRM has an unwavering commitment to focus on policy, not politics.
We believe in our ability to find consensus when we bring all sides to the table for critical discussions of issues impacting work, workers and workplaces, no matter which party is proposing them.
Together with people like you, we are championing policies that will help organizations and people thrive to create better workplaces and a better world.
