Agent Network Staffing & Real Estate Services, Inc.

ARBITRATION AGREEMENT

Read this agreement carefully before you sign it:

To resolve employment disputes in an efficient and cost-effective manner, you and Agent Network Staffing & Real Estate Services, Inc.,  agree that any and all claims arising out of or related to your employment that could be filed in a court of law, including but not limited to, claims of unlawful harassment or discrimination, wrongful demotion, defamation, wrongful discharge, breach of contract or invasion of privacy, shall be submitted to final and binding arbitration, and not to any other forum.

The arbitration process shall be initiated by delivering a written request for arbitration to the other party within the time limits that would apply to the filing of a civil complaint in court.  A late request will be void.  No claim should be submitted to arbitration without first attempting to resolve the matter informally and exhausting Agent Network Staffing & Real Estate Services, Inc.’s internal procedures.

If we are unable to agree upon a neutral arbitrator, we will obtain a list of arbitrators from a neutral dispute resolution service, and strike names alternatively until one arbitrator remains.  The arbitrator shall conduct the arbitration in accordance with the procedures set forth in the American Arbitration Association’s National Rules for the Resolution of Employment Disputes, except to the extent that such rules require the arbitration to be administered by the American Arbitration Association.

Agent Network Staffing & Real Estate Services, Inc., shall pay the arbitrator’s fees and expenses.  The arbitrator shall determine the prevailing party in the arbitration.  Costs and attorneys’ fees shall be awarded to the prevailing party in accordance with the same legal standards that would apply had the action been filed in court.  The arbitrator shall have the authority to order any legal and equitable remedy that would be of available in a civil or administrative action on the claim.  The arbitrator shall prepare a brief written decision that includes the essential findings and conclusions upon which the award is based.

This arbitration shall be the exclusive means of resolving any claim arising out of your employment, and no action will be filed in any court or other forum.  However, nothing in this agreement will affect National Labor Relations Board, Workers’ Compensation Appeals Board, Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board, Department of Fair Employment and Housing or Equal Employment Opportunity Commission proceedings, petitions for judicial review of a decision issued after an administrative hearing or the ability of either party to seek injunctive relief in an appropriate court of law.

This arbitration agreement does not apply to claims seeking injunctive relief.  Both parties are free to file claims seeking remedies for injunctive relief in a court of law having jurisdiction over such claim.

In any court of competent jurisdiction declares that any part of this arbitration agreement is illegal, invalid or unenforceable, such a declaration will not affect the legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining parts of the agreement, and the illegal, invalid or unenforceable part will no longer be part of this agreement.

This agreement sets forth the entire agreement between the parties and supersedes any and all prior or contemporaneous agreements and understandings, whether written, oral or implied, pertaining to the subject matter of this agreement.

THIS ARBITRATION AGREEMENT IS A WAIVER OF ALL RIGHTS TO A CIVIL JURY dot TRIAL FOR A CLAIM OF HARASSMENT, DISCRIMINATION, WRONGFUL TERMINATION, OR ANY OTHER CLAIM ARISING OUT OF YOUR EMPLOYMENT.

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Employee Signature                                                                       Date