1. SHRM Poll: The Obama Administration and Its Potential Impact on HR
April 20, 2009

2. The following areas are likely to be addressed or have already been addressed by the Obama
administration and Congress. From your understanding of the proposals, how much of an
impact would changes in each of these areas have on HR’s budget, policies and practices at
your organization?
The taxation of employer-provided health care coverage 3% 24% 73%
The delivery of care through the U.S. health system 5% 25% 70%
The requirements to pay for employee health care coverage 12% 25% 63%
Employment laws relating to paid leave requirements 6% 32% 62%
The way unions are organized in the workplace 26% 17% 57%
Changes to COBRA to allow for federal government premium subsidies 9% 47% 44%
Employment laws relating to additional protected classes of people 16% 50% 34%
Pension plan laws 27% 41% 32%
The use of electronic payment and records in the U.S. health care 24% 53% 23%
Employer sanctions provisions in immigration law 43% 42% 15%
Social Security eligibility and coverage requirements 30% 55% 15%
Employment-based visa programs in immigration law 45% 43% 12%
Federal government investments in education 51% 40% 9%
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%
No impact Moderate impact Large impact
SHRM Poll, April 20, 2009 ©SHRM 2009

3. SHRM Poll: The Obama Administration and Its Potential Impact on HR
Methodology
• Response rate = 18%
• Sample comprised on 488 randomly selected HR
professionals from SHRM’s membership
• Margin of error is +/- 4
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• Survey fielded the week of April 20, 2009
SHRM Poll, April 20, 2009 ©SHRM 2009