This is one in a series of profiles of VADA and Integrum Advisors team members. With these profiles, we ask them to share a story – funny, touching, insightful, or meaningful. Here’s Natalie Toler, director of meetings, director of membership, and PAC coordinator at VADA. Working at the front desk, Natalie Toler was welcoming guests
What To Do While Waiting for Indemnification
You have been sued in a product liability case along with your franchisor. The plaintiff alleges that he bought a new car from you, you serviced it regularly, and a defect led to an accident. You know about the obligation of the franchisor to indemnify you for product liability claims. You look up the process
Keep Copies of Critical Documents
We have written repeatedly about the inability of dealers to immediately access copies of documents essential to their businesses. With widespread availability of cloud storage, there is no reason not to have immediate access to documents critical to your dealership. A set of critical documents should be in your general office in the custody of
New legal protections for individuals on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions
Effective July 1, 2020 are several employment law changes applicable to your business. One is an amendment to the Virginia Human Rights Act that added new legal protections for individuals on the basis of pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. The new law, which applies to employers of five employees or more, stipulates posting and notice
Be Clear About the Extended Service Agreement Provider
In 2017, General Motors created a furor by mandating that dealers use forms containing unprecedented and inflammatory disclosures on use of non-GM parts in repairs of vehicles and sales of extended service agreements not backed by GM. Dealers expressed concern that the language was so inflammatory it was designed to incentivize dealers to avoid making
Urgent: Infectious Disease Plan Deadline 7 Days Away
As you know, next Friday, Sept. 25 is the deadline for certain employers to implement and train select employees on an infectious disease preparedness and response plan. The plan is among requirements for “medium” level employers with 11 or more employees under Virginia’s COVID-19 workplace safety regulations known as the Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS). Through our ETS checklist, webinar
STAFF PROFILE: ELVYS MARTINEZ
This is one in a series of profiles of VADA and Integrum Advisors team members. With these profiles, we ask them to share a story — funny, touching, insightful, or meaningful. Here’s Elvys Martinez, our Enrollment Manager at Integrum Advisors. Just like some actors are found in Hollywood, we discovered Elvys working at a local
Dealer Board Approves Additional Background Check Vendors
Since Aug. 1, dealers have been responsible for completing the required background checks for initial salesperson licenses through a Dealer Board-approved vendor. As of Sept. 9, six vendors have been approved. While the Dealer Board considers others, which dealers have recommended and VADA has passed along, be sure to use one of the six already
Zurich Helps Dealers Deliver in Digital Environment
Many of Virginia’s auto dealers have pushed for transformations in how they operate since the coronavirus pandemic hit earlier this year. A big part of that is driving a greater volume of digital sales, which has led to changes across the retail spectrum. On the Finance and Insurance side of the retail auto market, Zurich
A Message From Don Hall
SEPTEMBER 2020 Across Virginia and the country, students are going back to school, although in a very different way in many cases. From preschool to college, much of this next generation – including many of our children and grandchildren – is learning remotely. Without question, education during this pandemic is very different, especially when you