Job Accommodation Network
Conference 2006

                  

Patrick Flavin
Manager of Government Programs
The TJX Companies, Inc.
Framingham, MA

Pat Flavin has over 20 years of corporate management experience with the TJX Companies, Inc., the leading off-price retailer of apparel and home fashions in the U.S. and worldwide. In total, they operate more than 2,390 stores, including T.J. Maxx, Marshalls, HomeGoods, A.J. Wright, and Bob’s Stores in the U.S., as well as Winners and HomeSense in Canada and T.K. Maxx in Europe. Worldwide the company employs over 130,000 associates.

As the Manger of Government Programs, Mr. Flavin draws on his many years of experience in Staffing and Employee Relations to direct the Welfare to Work and other workforce development programs at TJX. Since starting the program in 1997, TJX has hired over 55,000 former welfare recipients.

Mr. Flavin is involved in numerous outside community and professional endeavors, including Corporate Voices for Working Families, The Clubhouse Coalition, Metrowest Chamber of Commerce, Greater Boston Employer Advisory Board to the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission, Boston Career Link Advisory Council, Business Advisory Board for Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries, Advisory Board for the Department of Social Services Foster Parent Recruitment Outreach, and is a member of NEHRA Northeast Human Resources Association and SHRM Society of Human Resource Management.

Mr. Flavin holds a bachelor's degree from Northeastern University and resides in Grafton, MA.