Media Bureau Proposing $11,000 EEO Fine for Fidelity Cablevision, Saying Net Sources Not Sufficient
The FCC Media Bureau is proposing an $11,000 fine against Fidelity Cablevision for violating the agency's equal employment opportunity (EEO) rules. In a notice of apparent liability Monday, the Media Bureau said it audited Fidelity Cablevision's EEO compliance in 2015…
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and found that its Lawton, Oklahoma, operation failed to recruit widely for 13 full-time openings, filling nine of those spots with referrals from existing employees and walk-in applicants -- none of which constitutes a recruitment effort that includes public outreach. "Internal postings do not result in sufficient public outreach to inform job seekers who are unconnected to ... staff" that positions are open, the bureau said, saying the FCC "has made clear that recruiting solely from Internet sources does not satisfy the requirement to widely disseminate information concerning vacancies." Fidelity didn't comment Monday.