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SunRock, Suncor representatives and service providers describe hiring, training and accommodations for jobseekers with barriers
Summary
Representatives for SunRock and related companies and local service providers discussed ongoing hiring of CDL drivers, on-the-job training reimbursements, ADA accommodations and vetting of applicants with records at a recent meeting; no formal actions were recorded in the transcript.
Representatives for SunRock and Suncor and local service providers discussed hiring practices, on-the-job training and disability accommodations for jobseekers with barriers at a recent meeting.
The discussion matters because large local employers' hiring decisions shape opportunities for people with criminal records, disabilities and other obstacles to employment, and because the companies represented said they offer training and incentives that affect placement outcomes.
Company representatives emphasized the scale of hiring and community investment. "We hire a lot of people. I think SunRock is over 1,700 people and so that's a lot of people that are affecting a lot of families and communities and we take that real seriously," said Speaker 1, company representative. The group noted that SunRock and affiliated companies contribute to the community through donations and events.
A speaker who referred a client to workforce services described an individual who completed a commercial driver's license program and then was placed in a CDL position. "It was just this, like, beautiful transformation with him and having someone that believed in him, a company that saw his value," said Speaker 3, program staff, describing the placement and ongoing communication between the employer and the referring agency.
Company representatives described processes for screening applicants with criminal records. "Whenever we have individuals who have records or stains or blocks on their on their seat, we have to vet that on up the system. And, so we do. My, for me, it goes up to the vice president and then to the president if we need to," said Speaker 2, company representative. The speakers also listed supports employers offer or use, including ADA training and reasonable accommodations, tax credits and on-the-job training reimbursements.
Speakers said the employers are hiring CDL drivers "constantly" and that sustained communication with referral partners helped place candidates. The transcript contains personal testimony about one successful placement and general descriptions of company practices; it does not record any formal motions, votes or policy adoptions.
No legal statutes, ordinances or formal actions were cited in the transcript excerpt provided. The discussion was conversational and descriptive; the transcript does not show the governing body taking any formal action on the topics discussed.
