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Legislative Affairs For more information regarding legislation please contact our Legislative Affairs Directer, David Briggs at dbriggs@sglaw.com News As you can see, the list of bills has gotten even longer. We have probably seen the last of the new bills, and now we will watch which bills make it out of committee and continue moving forward. Here is a link to a cartoon posted on the Oregon Legislature website that shows how a bill progresses through the legislature. Most of the bills listed on this report have not made it past the first row of the cartoon. See http://www.leg.state.or.us/faq/lawprocs.pdf. For opponents of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), there was some good news recently as Republican Senator Arlen Specter, who had previously supported EFCA, indicated that he would vote against it. This will make it more difficult for supporters of EFCA to bring the bill to a vote. That being said, an article in today’s edition of Politico, a newspaper circulated widely on Capitol Hill, shows that the debate is far from over. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/20857.html To weigh in on EFCA, be sure to visit the HR Voice page on SHRM’s website. You can find it at: www.shrm.org (Advocacy / Get Involved Tabs) Randy Sutton, J.D. Oregon Legislation During the Oregon legislative session, our Chapter publishes monthly updates, which identify bills pending before the Oregon Legislature that may impact Oregon employers. You can also learn about pending and enacted Oregon legislation on the Oregon State Legislature home page. The page includes links to the Oregon Revised Statutes. Another very helpful first step is to review How An Idea Becomes Law. Make a Difference – SHRM HRVoice SHRM’s HRVoice program is a great way to help change the face of employment law, both statewide and nationally. We all complain about employment laws we don’t like. We all wish that the law would change in desired ways. As the HR Voice page will tell you, you don’t need to be a political expert. HR Voice is for political novices and seasoned professionals alike and is nonpartisan. So stop grumbling . . . and do something about it. Once you have entered your membership number and accessed
the HRVoice web page, you can learn about important legislation now at
issue, obtain the names of your legislators, and access ready-to-send form
letters voicing your support or opposition. If the members of our chapter and
other chapters around the state get together on an issue, we can make a huge
difference in Oregon’s employment laws. With over 160,000 members, our
membership in SHRM can help make great strides on the national level. Let’s all
work together to prevent undesirable laws, and promote new legislation that will
improve our ability to manage the workforce of our employers. SHRM Legislative Information on the Web SHRM offers some great resources for chapter members who want to learn about current human resources legislation. The links below will access a large volume of valuable and up-to-date information. Because most of this information is available only to SHRM members, you will need to have your membership number handy when you access many of these sites:
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