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Employer Hot Topics For The Summer Season

The warmer weather and longer days can only mean one thing – summer is upon us! With the summer season comes a few things in particular that companies need to consider.

Background Check Requirements And Best Practices Guidelines

Recently, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) joined forces to publish guideline documents to continue to educate employers regarding background checks and the applicable laws and regulations surrounding them. The information provided isn’t anything new, but it serves as a good reminder for employers that currently are conducting background checks for employment purposes or those employers who may plan to start doing so.

MAHLE Holds Dedication Celebration For Newly Expanded North American Headquarters

MAHLE recently officially opened an expanded North American headquarters campus in suburban Detroit. The nearly $20 million expansion project consolidates operations previously located in Novi and Ann Arbor, MI, onto the company’s new campus in Farmington Hills.

Employer Compliance: EEOC Addresses Six Priority Areas Of Claims Enforcement

With a record number of discrimination/retaliation claims filed by workers with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) in 2010 and 2011, the EEOC received almost 100,000 in 2012. In December of 2012, the EEOC laid out the details of its Strategic Enforcement Plan for fiscal years 2013-’16 and identified six “national priorities” that focus enforcement efforts in the three general areas of hiring, pay and harassment.

How To Find And Hire High-Quality Employees

Computer technology may be an earth-shaking breakthrough in gathering information, but it can’t always help with one simple problem common to shop owners everywhere: How to find good employees.

New Guide Clarifies EPA/OSHA Compliance Issues for Automotive Workplaces

Blue Gavel Press has just released the newly updated Automotive Workplace Guide to EPA & OSHA, 18th Edition. Updated annually, the book addresses the hazardous waste and safety concerns of car dealerships with repair facilities, car rental agencies, paint and body shops, gasoline service stations, lube/oil change shops and other automotive workplaces.

Shop Profile – Interstate Muffler Co. Staunton, VA

Two two brick and mortar stores serve Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley.

Preferred Automotive Specialists, Philadelphia, PA

Owner’s motto: embrace change and hold on with both hands to see where the future goes.

Northwood Names New Assistant Director of Aftermarket

James O’Dell has served as the business development manager for Fisher Auto Parts in Ann Arbor, Michigan, since 2019.

Future Techs Aren’t The Only Ones In Short Supply

What can we do about the often overlooked factor in the equation, skilled, passionate, dedicated teachers?