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• LA, San Diego and San Jose are the 3

largest cities (population) in the state

• Meanwhile San Francisco grew 180X

between 1848 – 1855 from 200 to

30,000 residents. $2B in gold mined

during the same period (1858 $’s)

• The highest point 14,495ft and the

lowest point -282 ft. are only 150 miles

apart

• 99.5 % of all dates grown in the US & 17

million gallons of wine produced in the

state

• Worlds first McDonalds, Barbie, Blue

Jeans, Frisbee, Theme Park, and Apple

Computer

Fun facts

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• First State to have a trillion

dollar economy. 8th largest

economy in the world

• 41% of all US companies

receiving VC $ in 2012 were in

CA

• CA ranks #1 in patents in the

US

• 122,000 HR professionals in

California

• 41.3% of San Diego workforce

over 25 have a Bachelors

Degree or higher

But serious business

• 22,823 California SHRM

Members

• 17 chapters – Including Mega

Chapter San Diego SHRM

• Extensive online resources for

CA as well as “in state”

programming

• Staff located in San Diego and

in the Sacramento office

4

SHRM is here to help

• California SHRM Resources

for HR Professionals

• California Labor Law – do

you want to “watch” or do

you want to “participate”

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Topics for today

California Resources

California Q&A

California How-To-Guides

California Toolkits

California Sample Policies

California Forms

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California Research Reports

California Research Reports: Employee

Benefits

California Research Reports

California Research: Metro Reports

California Express Requests

California Express Requests

D

Need HR Expert Advice?

Average around 4,000 requests a Month

Over 50,000 per year

California Inquiries = 34,177

California Knowledge Advisors

Do you want to “watch” or do

you want to “participate”

A-Team/

How Do We Shape The HR Public Policy Debate

State Party Control Has a Huge Impact on

What HR Issues Will Become Law in 2016

Republican

Right-to-Work

Employee Drug

Testing/Workers Comp

Unemployment

Insurance Reform

Mandated Use of

E-Verify in Hiring

Workplace Weapons

(parking lot)

Restrictions on

Counties/Cities

Approving Ordinances

on HR Issues

Democrat

Paid Sick/Safe Leave*

Expansion of FMLA

Ban-the-Box/Criminal*

Background Checks

Misclassification of

Workers/Wage Theft

Discrimination in the

Workplace/ENDA/

Pregnancy/Interns

Workplace

Bullying/Harassment

Minimum Wage/ FLSA*

Equal Pay Both

Use of Credit Checks in Hiring/Promotions

Medical Marijuana/Cannabis in the Workplace*

Voluntary Preference in Veterans Hiring/Promotion

Restricting Access to Social Media Passwords

* Denotes Prime Candidate for Ballot Initiative in 2016

What is the SHRM

Advocacy Team?

The SHRM A-Team, made up of thousands

of HR professionals, is a critical part of

SHRM’s enhanced member advocacy

initiative, working to advance the interests

of the HR profession and communicate the

HR perspective on workplace issues in

Washington and state legislatures across

the country.

Two main levels of

involvement:

❶ HR Advocate

❷ Advocacy

Captain

To date, 7,880+ active SHRM members

444 Advocacy Captains designated across the

country in 50 states.

39 Captains in California, need only 14 more

A-Team Statistics: October 2015

OUR GOAL:

To have an HR Advocacy Captain in every single congressional

district in the California by the end of 2015. We need your HELP….

Through SHRM’s Advocacy App, You Can:

Immediately take action on alerts using SHRM-provided

templates

Connect to your state and federal lawmakers

Join SHRM’s Advocacy Team (A-Team)

Quickly submit lawmaker meeting or event feedback

Engage with lawmakers and fellow HR professionals on

social media

View legislative issue information on workplace issues

Stay up-to-date on all legislative updates facing the

workplace

*Please be sure to accept push notifications

SHRM Advocacy AppDownload SHRM’s advocacy mobile app

(free in app stores)

Exciting Advocacy Resource!

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SHRM National

Washington DC

March 14 - 16

CalSHRM

Sacramento

April 20 - 22

California Resources

• 100+ Q&As

• 60+ Policies & Forms

• 20+ How-to-Guides and Toolkits

• The ability to shape vs just react to labor law

• ……..in addition to the thousands of other

SHRM resources that can be customized

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