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I-CAR Receives National Recognition for Collision Repair Apprenticeship Program

September 26, 2024 By CollisionWeek Editor

Receives over $7 million grant to help strengthen educational programs for collision repair centers and shrink the technician gap. The Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair (I-CAR) announced its designation as a Registered Apprenticeship Hub and recipient of an Apprenticeship Building America grant by the Department of Labor under its Investing in America initiative. This […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Apprentice Program, Department of Labor, Grants, I-CAR

U.S. Department of Labor Recovers Over $33,000 in Back Wages and Damages for Overtime Violations at Iowa Tire Shop

July 22, 2024 By CollisionWeek Editor

An investigation by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division found the operator of an RNR Tire Express franchise in Davenport, Iowa failed to include non-discretionary bonuses in the regular rate of pay when calculating overtime pay, a Fair Labor Standards Act violation. The employer also did not maintain timecards for hourly paid […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Department of Labor, Iowa, Overtime

Texas Attorney General Sues U.S. Department of Labor for Attempting to Revive Overtime Rule

June 5, 2024 By CollisionWeek Editor

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued the United States Department of Labor (DOL) to stop the final overtime rule issued by the agency that the Attorney General believes violates the law and attempts to usurp authority not granted by Congress. Further, courts have already ruled that such a regulation is illegal. The rule would […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Attorney General, Department of Labor, Lawsuits, Overtime, Texas

Small Businesses Challenge DOL Overtime Rule in New Lawsuit

May 28, 2024 By CollisionWeek Editor

The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) announced May 22 it joined a lawsuit challenging the Department of Labor’s (DOL) final overtime rule. The new rule, which takes effect July 1, significantly increases the salary threshold for overtime pay eligibility and will automatically raise the threshold over time. “DOL’s final rule is an additional complicated […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Department of Labor, Lawsuits, National Federation of Independent Business, Overtime, Texas

Department of Labor Issues Final Overtime Rule

April 26, 2024 By CollisionWeek Editor

Rule raises salary threshold to $43,888 on July 1, then $58,656 on January 1. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a final rule that increases the salary thresholds required to exempt a salaried bona fide executive, administrative or professional employee from federal overtime pay requirements. The DOL had proposed the new regulation last year. Effective […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Department of Labor, Overtime, Regulations

Department of Labor Proposes to Raise Salaried Worker Threshold to Over $55,000 per Year

August 31, 2023 By CollisionWeek Editor

Biden Administration proposal would revise regulations last updated in 2019. Proposal similar to 2016 Obama Administration proposal that was blocked by Federal Court. The U.S. Department of Labor on August 30 announced a notice of proposed rulemaking that would revise regulations issued under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) implementing the exemptions from minimum wage […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Department of Labor, Overtime, Regulations

US Department of Labor Recovers Over $47,000 in Back Wages for Utah Collision Repair Shop Employees Misclassified as Independent Contractors

June 29, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

Auto body repair shop failed to pay workers correctly for hours over 40 in a workweek. The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division announced it found a Utah body shop improperly classified employees as independent contractors and failed to pay overtime. According to the DOL, Sandpiper Autobody in Pleasant Grove, Utah misclassified […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Department of Labor, Overtime, Utah

US Department of Labor Wage Hour Division Offers Auto Repair Industry Focused Webinar January 13

January 11, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

FY2021 investigations recover more than $4.3M for 3,564 workers nationwide in auto repair industry. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division carried out 546 investigations in fiscal year 2021, which recovered more than $4.3 million for 3,564 workers, up from fiscal year 2020 when 442 investigations led to the recovery of $2.9 million […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Department of Labor, Webinars

U.S. Department of Labor Sues Georgia Repair Facility Owner Who Paid Former Worker’s Final Wages in Oily Pennies

January 10, 2022 By CollisionWeek Editor

DOL Wage and Hour Division alleges A OK Walker Autoworks violated retaliation prohibition, overtime laws. The U.S. Department of Labor has filed a complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia, against a Peachtree City auto repair shop and its owner seeking $36,971 in back wages and liquidated damages after investigators […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Department of Labor, Georgia, Lawsuits, Overtime, Wages

U.S. Department of Labor Releases Updated Overtime Proposal

March 8, 2019 By CollisionWeek Editor

The proposed rule would boost standard salary level to $35,308 per year. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) yesterday announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) that would make more than a million more American workers eligible for overtime. Under currently enforced law, employees with a salary below $455 per week ($23,660 annually) must be […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Department of Labor, Overtime, Regulations, Wage

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