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HR POLICY BRIEFING – 8/19/2021

SHRM Hosts In-District Meetings with Policymakers During the U.S. House and Senate’s August recess, SHRM affiliates across the country are meeting with policymakers to tell them how HR professionals are addressing the latest workplace challenges, adjusting business practices and providing innovative solutions for the world of work. Last week in Chapel Hill, N.C., SHRM Government

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HR POLICY BRIEFING – 8/3/2021

SHRM Leads I-9 Modernization Efforts The results of SHRM’s I-9 Modernization Survey were released last week along with duplicate letters to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with policy recommendations for modernizing the Form I-9.  After compiling the responses of over 1,350 SHRM members, the survey found: 4 in

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HR POLICY BRIEFING – 7/20/2021

SHRM21 Update: EEOC Officials Join Listening Session U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) Chair Charlotte A. Burrows and Commissioner Keith E. Sonderling will participate in a listening session at the SHRM Annual Conference & Expo 2021 (SHRM21) on Sept. 9 in Las Vegas. The session, “The Future of Equitable Workplaces,” offers participants the opportunity to provide input

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HR POLICY BRIEFING – 7/8/2021

EEOC Conciliation Reforms Reversed by Congress President Joe Biden signed a resolution on June 30 withdrawing reforms to conciliation that the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) finalized under the previous administration. The U.S. House of Representatives joined the Senate June 24 in voting to reverse the reforms. The House passed the resolution by a vote of

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SHRM Government Affairs CLA Q2 Webcast

Join the SHRM Government Affairs Team for our quarterly webcast next Tuesday, June 29 at 4 p.m. ET for the latest updates on workplace policy and advocacy. Hear from featured guest speaker Casey Wooten, House Correspondent at National Journal in Washington, to learn about the latest insights on policy that stands to impact work, workers, and the

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