Month: January 2012

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JacintoPort: The Importance of Tracking and Sticking to Your Plans!

By Ahmed Younies / 1.23.2012 / No Comments

Just a few days ago, JacintoPort International settled with the OFCCP for $219,000 in back wages and job offers because they were unable to live up to a PRIOR settlement with the OFCCP. In an ironic twist, in 2006 JacintoPort agreed to create semiannual reports showing their progress hiring women and MINORITIES. It was these…
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Pepsi Reminds Us to Be Careful With Background Checks

By Ahmed Younies / 1.19.2012 / No Comments

Pepsi recently had a run-in with what looks like a good policy…until you realize it isn’t.  They previously had a policy, requiring background checks, to not hire anyone with an arrest pending prosecution even if they had not been convicted of anything. In a society that claims to uphold “innocent until proven guilty”, it’s easy…
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