Month: March 2012

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FedEx Expresses Conciliation

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“Under this agreement, FedEx will have to really examine and revamp its hiring practices across the entire company. The American people ought to have confidence that one of our nation’s most trusted brands will not tolerate discrimination.” –OFCCP Director Patricia Shiu, March 22, 2012 Yesterday, we’d barely finished the post we published this morning when…
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The High Cost of Low Priority

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One of the hardest jobs we have here is getting buy-in that compliance is a high priority not only due to ethical considerations but also financial ones.  Why companies continue to under-staff or de-prioritize various HR functions—including and especially those involving compliance—is puzzling. Case in point:  NCS Pearson just signed a conciliation agreement with the…
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