Previous Story
Hiring jobles fathers urged
|
Posted on Jul 10 2005
Superior Court Judge Kenneth Govendo urged local employers to consider hiring jobless fathers who are subject of standing court orders directing them to support their children.
Govendo assured prospective employers that he would modify child support orders to require fathers to be “conscientious” in their jobs. Failure by the fathers to comply with the order could result in possible jail time.
Govendo, the family court division judge, disclosed Friday that he recently sent letters to over 50 local employers, urging them to hire local fathers.
He said the number of jobless fathers who could not support their children has been increasing.
“Less than 15 years from now all private sector employment will be performed by nonresident workers and local people will either work for the government, leave the CNMI, be supported by a huge welfare state, or turn to crime,” Govendo said. “This situation will not create a secure environment for the wealthy or their businesses.”
Govendo’s office said that the campaign has been gaining support from the local business sector, disclosing that it has received numerous telephone calls from representatives of different companies.
He urged other local employers who are interested to support the program by calling family court coordinator Maise B. Tenorio at 236-9840.
“We shall educate your new employee as to what ‘conscientious’ means and I shall advise him in open court that the penalty for not being conscientious will be a hearing, a possible finding of contempt of court and a jail sentence,” the judge told prospective employers.
