POWAY, Calif., May 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- First Advantage, a global risk mitigation and business solutions provider, and a wholly owned subsidiary of The First American Corporation (NYSE: FAF), today announced the release of its Screening Benchmark Report for the Financial Services Industry. The report, which is based on the results of approximately 1.1 million screening searches conducted for First Advantage's enterprise-level financial industry clients during 2008 and 2009, enables both regional and multinational financial services firms to evaluate their current employment screening practices against industry peers, understand the geographic limitations for global screening initiatives and identify best practices to improve their programs. Fueled by regulatory requirements, in...
A battle over raising the minimum wage for tipped service industry workers is brewing in Washington, D.C. A measure under consideration in Congress would lift the hourly pay rate from $2.13, where it has been since 1991, to $3.75 within in 90 days of the bill's approval and potentially above $5 a hour. Restaurant Opportunities United, an advocacy group for the service industry, is behind the Working for Adequate Gains for Employment in Services (WAGES) Act. Rep. Donna Edwards, D-Md., authored the bill that provides for the initial increase, another hike to $5 a year after the bill takes effect, and up again two years later to a minimum of $5.50 or 70 percent of the standard minimum wage.
In an age of increasing depersonalization of many services, the insurance industry remains largely dependent upon personal relationships. An employment agreement is a written contract between an employee and employer that documents the expectations of both parties. Employment agreements typically address such items as employee duties, compensation, duration of employment and termination. However, strong employment agreements for insurance agencies also include provisions that address the ownership of the book of business, non-solicitation, and non-competition. These additional provisions can go a long way to protect the underlying value of an insurance agency, its expirations. The goal of a non-competition clause or agreement is to protect the agency from the direct competition of a for...
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NEW YORK -- Investors treaded water for a second day Wednesday as a batch of mixed economic reports and signs of division among Federal Reserve policymakers offered little insight into the economy. Stocks ended little changed, but modest gains pushed the Standard & Poor's 500 index to a new 15-month high. The cautious tone seen Tuesday and Wednesday comes as investors await the government's monthly employment report Friday. A sign of growth in the services industry gave some support to stocks. But that welcome news was offset by a report that employers cut 84,000 private sector jobs last month. The ADP National Employment Report came in worse than the forecasts of analysts polled by Thomson Reuters.
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