Workplace Policy Conference

SHRM’s advocacy:

• Secured assistance for SHRM affiliates with expansion of the Paycheck Protection Program.
• Endorsed modernized health savings plans rules through key changes included in the CARES Act.
• Kept open a critical talent pipeline by defending the Optional Practice Training (OPT) program to allow highly educated international students to contribute to U.S. workplaces.
• Increased the ways employers help students by advocating for expansion of employer-provided education assistance to include student loan repayment.
• Protected the employer-employee relationship in California through important changes to the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018.

Additionally, SHRM partnered with the National Foundation of Women Legislators to showcase powerful women and celebrate 100 years of the 19th Amendment.