Employees Favor Minimum-Wage Hike
From: Inc.com
Most workers that are paid an hourly wage support a proposed increase in the federal minimum wage, even if it results in higher consumer prices and job cuts, a recent survey found.Of 500 employees polled nationwide, 65 percent said they favor the wage hike regardless of its potential impact on consumer prices, while 50 percent were in favor if it meant co-workers might lose their jobs, according to Dominion Enterprises, a Norfolk, Va.-based media and marketing firm.
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Corra knows that minimum wage is, well, minimal. Nobody is getting rich on minimum wage even if Congress does hike it a buck or so. But it may help advance the quality of life for low level employees. It may in fact give them incentive to be more productive in hopes of advancing beyond minimum wage.
Minimum wage workers are often transients. That is why you should be sure to run a Nationwide Criminal Background Check on your candidates, as well as a Social Security Trace. The trace will validate the social security number and for the most part indicate if it actually belongs to your candidate or someone else. If these employees drive at all for you, even on the most perfunctory level, then you should also run a Motor Vehicle Report.
It is just good plain sense to have an adequate employment screening program in place. It will prove extremely cost effective in protecting your business from litigation and liability issues arising from any number of things. So remember, as Corra says, check them out before you hire.
