US Economy

Is a Background Check on Employees Really Worth The Expense?

Do you request a background check on potential employees? Should you? A jury in Texas just awarded a family over 1 million dollars in a wrongful death lawsuit. Read the story here. The company will pay dearly for this event but spending $100. on a background check was “too expensive”. At Compliance Associates, Inc. our background …

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Vision Zero

Have you heard the term ‘Vision Zero’ ? Started in Sweden in 1997 and now spread world wide, Vision Zero is a process of eliminating ALL traffic fatalities. Many countries have adopted the plan as a country, while the United States has not until now. Read the Wikipedia explanation here. Vision Zero even has a Facebook …

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Uberization

Uberization: Verb uberize ‎(third-person singular simple present uberizes, present participle uberizing, simple past and past participle uberized) (economics) To modify a market or economic model by the introduction of a cheap and efficient alternative Derived terms uberization One year ago today with opened our blog with a story about “Uber like trucking”.  What a concept! …

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