Speaker

Michael Layman is senior associate in Government Affairs at SHRM.  Layman promotes SHRM’s views on employment, labor relations, and civil rights legislation with House and Senate offices and the Administration.  He also serves as Chair of the National Coalition to Protect Family Leave, a broad-based group of organizations, companies and associations dedicated to protecting the integrity of the Family and Medical Leave Act and supporting public policy that promotes voluntary, employer-provided leave benefits to maximize flexibility for both employers and employees.