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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

SHRM regulatory update: supreme court issues decision on vaccination mandate legal challenges

On Thursday, January 13th the United States Supreme Court issued a stay on the Occupational Health Administration (OSHA) COVID-19 Vaccination and Testing Emergency Standard (ETS) pending the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit’s review of the issue.

Below are the Top Five Takeaways from SHRM External Affairs on the Supreme Court’s OSHA ETS opinion:

  • The OSHA ETS extends beyond the authority that OSHA possesses to regulate occupational health and safety. COVID 19 represents a universal risk and OSHA is not permitted to regulate the hazards of everyday life.
  • The OSHA ETS does not take into consideration differences in workplaces and levels of exposure.
  • Targeted COVID-19 regulations are permissible where the virus poses a special danger because of the particular features of an employee’s job or workplace.
  • OSHA mandating vaccinations is unlike any previous workplace regulation as it cannot be undone at the end of the workday.
  • The OSHA ETS represents a significant encroachment into the lives—and health—of a vast number of employees and is outside of the scope of what OSHA was designed to do.

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.