Interpacific Resorts has been sanctioned $1,000 by the Department of Labor for failing to repost a job vacancy after reopening a position last month.<\/p>\n
The company essentially failed to notify Labor when it re-opened its purchase manager position. It had done so previously when the position was first opened from July to August.<\/p>\n
Labor found this to be \u201cmisleading\u201d to anyone viewing the website for job announcements from Sept. 4 to Oct. 4 because after Aug. 16, the JVA was listed as \u201cexpired\u201d on Labor\u2019s website.<\/p>\n
None of the three applicants for the job were considered qualified, according to testimony.<\/p>\n
The company re-opened the position on Sept. 4, and announced it open for a month in an advertisement in a local newspaper. However, the ad only appeared for a day in the newspaper.<\/p>\n
Labor alleged that the company failed to post a job announcement for the re-opened job on the department\u2019s website. Company representatives testified that this was not done intentionally. They believed the posting requirement was already satisfied when it first posted the job announcement.<\/p>\n
However, Labor believed that common sense would dictate that if any employee were to re-open or re-advertise a job, then the employer has a new obligation to re-post the job on the department\u2019s website.<\/p>\n
The company also could not give an adequate explanation as to why they would decide to re-open the application period for an entire month and yet only announce it for a day, according to testimony.<\/p>\n
Labor stated that a cynic might suspect the company wished only to meet the requirement to advertise the job but did not actually want to receive applications for the position. <\/p>\n
Labor noted that the company already employs a foreign worker who has worked in the position for seven years, and has worked for the company for a total of 19.<\/p>\n
Labor, however, found that the company\u2019s conduct did not justify imposing the maximum fine of $2,000.<\/p>\n
The department found that testimony suggests that the company\u2019s failure was the result of misreading the regulations rather than a willful attempt to circumvent the law. Half of the $1,000 fine has been suspended for a year.<\/p>\n
It will be extinguished as long as the company follows the terms set by Labor in their administrative order and commits no further violations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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