Wendi Safstrom, executive director of the SHRM Foundation, testified before a congressional panel about the nonprofit’s work on second-chance hiring and presented policy recommendations to lawmakers to help individuals with criminal records re-enter and thrive in the workplace.
Safstrom addressed members of the U.S. House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Investment on June 15. Congress is considering reauthorization of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA), the law that governs the nation’s workforce development system.
