129■Procure expert legal advice on behalf of the company
as needed.
■Complete human resources audit once every two years
to determine conformance levels.
■Identify any illegal nonconformance to HR laws before
external agencies do.
Hiring
■Ensure that job applications are representative of the
diversity of the local workforce.
■Develop strategies to increase qualified applications
from members of minority groups by 10% next year.
■Keep recruitment costs within 10% of industry average.
■Fill all jobs within six weeks of initial job posting.
■Reduce the time needed to fill vacancies by 10% from
previous year.
Labor Relations
■Reduce union labor actions to zero, while staying with-
in financial guidelines.
■Reduce total grievances to 15 or fewer a year.
■Reduce total grievance proceedings losses to three per
year.
■Reduce by 20% the time needed to come to labor
agreements.
■Report bargaining deadlocks to the CFO within three
hours of occurrence.
Policy Development/Communication
■Prepare estimates of required staffing levels for next
five years, to the satisfaction of the CFO.
■Research and report on potential outsourcing of HR
functions, to the satisfaction of the CFO.