Investigation Tag Team: The FTC and the State of Arizona — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
The FTC and Connecticut Join Forces for Action Against Nissan Dealer
The CARS Rule — Moving the Metal: The Auto Finance Podcast
Avoiding Auto Finance Pitfalls Under the FTC's New CARS Rule — The Consumer Finance Podcast
Preventing and Detecting Fraud: How to Protect Your Dealership
Podcast: Buy-Sell Market - Factors to Consider in Transactions of Automotive Dealerships
AFSA Extra Credit Podcast: Auto Remote Sales Compliance
AF COVID-19 Podcast: Online Auto Sales in the Age of COVID-19
AF COVID-19 PODCAST: Auto Dealers & Stay at Home Orders
II-31- The Changing 9 to 5 From 1980 to Today
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You may have heard about the so-called new “overtime” rule, which the U.S. Department of Labor announced on April 23. You also may have heard that the new rule will require employers to increase the annual salary paid to...more
When I reflect on the relationship that our firm has with our clients, I’m most proud of the fact that you can always count on us. That often means defending complex litigation, steering you through regulatory threats,...more
A Houston-based vendor that provides detailer, car wash, and valet services to area dealerships recently agreed to pay $166K to resolve an employee misclassification complaint filed with the United States Department of Labor...more
Welcome to FP Forecast, a monthly outlook featuring Fisher Phillips thought leaders providing their insights into what employers can expect in 2022 and beyond. By following along each month, you’ll be in the best position to...more
It’s time for a checkup – and no, we’re not just talking about Omicron. After all, we’re not medical doctors over here at Fisher Phillips. And, for the most part, you won’t catch us in white lab coats. But we are here to give...more
It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there have been an unprecedented number of changes for the past few years—and this past month...more
Thanks to the advocacy of industry leaders, in collaboration with Fisher Phillips, Virginia lawmakers just provided significant relief to the automotive dealer industry by way of the state’s updated budget bill. Signed by...more
The Virginia Overtime Wages Act (VOWA), which goes into effect on July 1, 2021, codifies Virginia’s first overtime law and brings sweeping changes to Virginia employers’ wage and hour obligations. But more than that, VOWA...more
Dealerships are increasingly susceptible to employee complaints about pay and working conditions as well as employee efforts to unionize. These employee actions are generally protected by the National Labor Relations Act...more
There are three documents that dealerships should regularly review and update for compliance: the employee handbook, commission pay plans, and arbitration agreements, if applicable. As a Maryland dealership recently learned,...more
You have probably seen a lot of coronavirus news alerts lately, but as a car dealer, you already know that germs are not the only things that can cause headaches. Virus or no virus, the law is still going to change and...more
Last month, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) gave car dealers welcome news. In an opinion letter interpreting the federal Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the DOL found that incentive payments paid directly by the...more
The USDOL has been issuing a slew of Opinion Letters of late, under the stewardship of Cheryl M. Stanton, Administrator of the Wage and Hour Division. Many of these deal with bonus issues and how these payments can and should...more
In a series of opinion letters released Thursday, the U.S. Department of Labor announced that car dealerships may use incentive payments from automakers to help meet their obligation to pay salespeople minimum wage. The...more
When the Families First Coronavirus Response Act took effect on April 1 to address the COVID-19 pandemic, your dealership may very well have had to change the way it does business. This new federal law includes many...more
The “Families First Coronavirus Response Act” will take effect on April 1, 2020, ushering in an emergency expansion of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act and federal paid sick, among other things. The Fisher Phillips...more
California is under a shelter-in-place order that threatens to impact businesses throughout the state. Meanwhile, the “Families First Coronavirus Response Act” will take effect on April 2, 2020, ushering in an emergency...more
As you no doubt have heard, the United States Department of Labor recently announced changes to federal wage and hour regulations that have been labeled the “new overtime rule.” These changes are scheduled to take effect on...more
Let’s face it – your dealership’s employee handbook is likely out of date, even if you just updated it in the past few years. Labor and employment laws continue to undergo significant changes at an astonishing rate. As a...more
In OTO, L.L.C. v. Kho, the California Supreme Court refused to enforce an employee’s arbitration agreement on the basis that it was unconscionable. Unconscionability has long been a common-law defense to contract...more
While not binding nationwide, a recent federal court decision should put to rest any legitimate argument that dealership parts counterpeople are not overtime exempt under federal law. Based on the concept that Fair Labor...more
WARNING: If you are a regular recipient of the Dealership Update or a Fisher Phillips client, chances are that you will not necessarily learn anything new by reading this article. When you hear that a dealership settled a...more
We are almost half way through 2018, and this year has been filled with fast and furious changes at USDOL. Proposed tip credit changes (Check, including a reaction from Congress and more tip credit changes on the horizon)....more
It’s hard to keep up with all the recent changes to labor and employment law. While the law always seems to evolve at a rapid pace, there were an unprecedented number of changes all through 2017. And if the first four months...more
If you’re not an auto dealer and you missed last month’s Supreme Court decision in Encino Motorcars, LLC v. Navarro, we forgive you. After all, a ruling on the correct application of the “salesman” exemption to service...more