In Laurel, Mississippi population of 18,393.."The largest single-workplace immigration raid in U.S. history has caused panic among Hispanic families in this small southern Mississippi town, where federal agents rounded up nearly 600 plant workers suspected of being in the country illegally." Fox News Online reports.
This is an issue that needs to be addressed by everyone, the government, industry and we, the people.
Who in the HR department at the plant was asleep at the wheel? I could understand 1 or 2 illegal immigrants slipping through the cracks of the current "I-9 Employment verification process" but 600 ???? Even the newly proposed E-Verify system the federal government pushing down our throats would catch at least 100.
This is just one reason HR departments get a bad rap. Apparently this organization has hired a "secretary" and given him or her the title of Director of Human Resources. The Operations managers then push hiring the illegal workers. The HR "director" hires the illegals without validating their appropriate documentation or he/she is easily getting duped by forgeries. All for in the guise of lower labor costs.
This is one of the type of legal risks HR departments can keep organizations from experiencing.
The article discusses that other employees were "applauding" the arrests.... It appears like everyone knew it was going on but no one in management did anything about it. I believe this organization is totally responsible for their actions and the HR director/manager should be hung up by his or her thumbs and beat with a stick like a pinata....
For what it is worth.... Politically Incorrect HR
1 comment:
giggle
Post a Comment