Formation 1948 Staff 400 CEO Henry G. Jackson (2011–) Founded 1948 | Membership 285,000+ Website www.shrm.org Founder Leonard J. Smith Revenue 114.6 million USD (2015) | |
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Type Professional association President/CEO Henry G. (Hank) Jackson Headquarters Alexandria, Virginia, United States Motto "Leading people. Leading organizations." Similar WorldatWork, Villanova University, Project Management Institute, International Coach Federation, Academy of Management Profiles | ||
Society for human resource management
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is a professional human resources membership association headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia. SHRM promotes the role of HR as a profession and provides education, certification, and networking to its members, while lobbying Congress on issues pertinent to labor management.
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History
Founded in 1948 as the American Society for Personnel Administration (ASPA), the organization operated on a volunteer basis until 1964, when it established headquarters in Berea, Ohio, and began hiring staff members. In 1984, the headquarters was moved to Alexandria, Va., and in 1989, the organization changed its name to the Society for Human Resource Management.
SHRM was ranked the twelfth largest association in the United States in 2015, bringing in $114.56 million in revenue. The association has more than 575 chapters in the United States and around the world, which provide certification, education and networking opportunities for members. The organization is currently focused on several topics including: the Department of Labor's new overtime regulations, health care reform, the skills gap, workplace flexibility, sexual orientation nondiscrimination, and compensation equity.
Today SHRM has over 400 staff members and over 285,000 members in 165 countries. The President and Chief Executive Officer is Henry G. (Hank) Jackson.
Research
SHRM's Survey Research Center produces original research on emerging workplace issues and their implications for the HR professional and business leaders. Among its research surveys are the annual Employee Benefits Survey and Employee Job Satisfaction and Engagement Survey and the monthly Leading Indicators of National Employment (LINE) report. In addition to producing surveys in house, SHRM conducts Customized Research Services for organizations.
Conferences
SHRM holds annual conferences and regional student conferences. The individual state conferences are organized by SHRM's State Councils.
SHRM's national conferences include:
Lobbying activity
SHRM lobbies governmental bodies regarding workplace law and industry practice. For example, in April 2008, SHRM announced in a press release that its representatives had appeared before the US Senate to petition for changes in the administration of the Family and Medical Leave Act.
Additionally, the organization announced in the November 2003 issue of its HR Magazine that it had submitted a position paper to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission suggesting factors the agency should consider when determining how to amend the definition of the term "job applicant" for the purposes of record keeping required by companies in order to comply with affirmative action and anti-discrimination laws.
In 2003, SHRM conducted an e-mail survey of its members intended to gauge the effectiveness of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and provide feedback on how the commission could improve its operations. It presented the results of this survey to the EEOC at a meeting on September 8, 2003.
In November 2006, the Office of Disability Employment Policy (ODEP) of the U.S. Department of Labor established an alliance with SHRM to encourage and promote the employment of people with disabilities.
In 2015 and 2016, SHRM worked to oppose the United States Department of Labor's Fair Labor Standards Overtime regulation. The rule greatly increases the salary under which employees are eligible for overtime and the number of the employees who qualify for it.