Lansing Landscape: An HR-Related Legislative and Political
Tuesday, November 11, 2025
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Lansing Landscape: An HR-Related Legislative and Political Update
This presentation will feature Wendy Block, Senior Vice President of Business Advocacy for the Michigan Chamber. Wendy will provide an insider’s look at HR-related legislation pending in the State Capitol and cover everything from the Supreme Court's decision on paid leave and the minimum wage to proposed unemployment insurance benefit changes and more.
Join us for this important update which will include sample time for Q&A and information on how HR professionals and business leaders can make their voices heard in Lansing and help lawmakers understand how public policy proposals will impact their industry and operations.
Speaker Bios: Wendy Block
Consistently named one of Lansing’s Most Effective lobbyists by lawmakers and capitol insiders, Wendy is the senior VP of business advocacy for the Michigan Chamber.
Wendy leads the organization’s extensive legislative and political operations. She is the organization’s chief lobbyist and is known for her deep policy knowledge, unwavering ethics and forthrightness, and commitment to pragmatic public policy.
Wendy has worked in and around Lansing’s political circles for over two decades and has her pulse on key business issues before the Michigan Legislature. Before joining the Chamber, Wendy held several policy related positions in the Michigan House and Senate.
In addition to being named one of Lansing’s “Most Effective Membership Organization or Association lobbyists many years running (most recently again in 2025), Wendy was recognized in Crain’s 50 Names to Know in Lobbying.
Wendy holds a B.A. from Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois. She is a graduate of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Institute for Organization Management (IOM), the Leadership Michigan program and the Leadership Development Program (LDP) at the Center for Creative Leadership.
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