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What you need to know about telematics and protecting consumer choice within the automotive service industry. The ASCCA Public Relations committee is encouraging all ASCCA members to begin engaging their customers in a consumer education campaign on Telematics. A flyer has been developed by the Committee for you to use in your shops. Learn more: http://www.ascca.com/blog/engage-your-customers-on-the-issue-of-telematics

Legislation to increase California’s minimum wage died in the State Assembly just one day after a poll conducted by the California Wellness Foundation found that 68 percent of Californians support it. Senate Bill 3 (Leno) would have increased the minimum wage to $13 an hour over the next two years. Despite the fate of the bill, the poll indicated that proponents of the measure had gained considerable ground in recent months. Senate Bill 3 was introduced on the heels of Assembly Bill 10 (Alejo), legislation signed by Governor Brown in 2013 that increased the minimum wage from $8 an hour to $10 an hour by January 1, 2016. If signed into law, SB 3 would have punished California’s small business owners who are already struggling to afford the skyrocketing costs of workers' compensation, energy use, and the Affordable Care Act. Auto shop owners in particular are a ... read more

The State Legislative Bill Report details various bills that ASCCA is tracking. If you have any questions please contact ASCCA at[email protected]Bill Report July 14, 2015

The ASCCA Public Relations committee is encouraging all ASCCA members to begin engaging their customers in a consumer education campaign on Telematics. A flyer has been developed by the Committee for you to use in your shops. Consider displaying these flyers and even attaching them to your customer invoices. The intent is to engage your customer in a dialogue with you so you can inform them of what Telematics is and the potential risk it presents to their right for privacy. You can take this opportunity to inform your customer that through your association you are advocating on their behalf in an attempt to protect consumer privacy. Click here to view the flyer

As of July 2015 the ASCCA TeamTalk email address has changed. HOW TO POST MESSAGES If you are an authorized participant on TEAMtalk, send an email message to the following email address - [email protected] and it will go to everyone on the list. Hit "Reply to all" when replying to messages. If you have not been authorized yet, or if you are sending from an e-mail address different from the one you subscribed with, the message will be bounced back as undeliverable. If you change e-mail addresses, your posts will be bounced. In case of an email change email [email protected] and your email address will be updated. **For more information please visit http://www.ascca.com/resources/ascca-teamtalk

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We are pleased to announce competitive dental and vision plans exclusively available to ASCCA members. Here are some key components to the offering: It doesn’t matter if you currently have these plans in place or not, everyone can enroll. The initial launch of the program will be effective July 1st. Shop owners decide if they want to contribute toward some of the premium, all of the premium, or offer it voluntary to the employees where they pay the full cost. Includes a nationwide network of dentists. These plans are eligible for Section 125 where the employees’ cost can be deducted pre-tax from their paychecks. Only one person in your business needs to enroll. There is a billing fee of $10 per group per month. CoreMark can include these plan options inside their custom enrollment booklets they prepare for clients. These booklets illustrate the complete benefits package including necessary disclosures as required by the Affordable Care Ac ... read more

Do not forget that July 1 is the effective date of the new California Mandatory Paid Sick Leave Law. ASCCA's lobbyist Jack Molodanof has this tip for ASCCA members: The Department of Industrial Relations has developed a set of FAQs on their website that will help you understand the requirements: Division of Labor Standards Poster (PDF) See link below for complete text of the paid sick days law.AB 1522 Assembly Bill – CHAPTERED

ASCCA presented scholarship awards at De Anza College at an awards breakfast this past Friday, June 26. Larry Moore, a De Anza alum and the winner of the Foundation's distinction for the most vehicle donations to Cars for Careers in fiscal year 2014-15, had the honor of presenting the awards. Pete Vernazza posed with the award winners. Click here to see more photos from the awards ceremony

The Spring 2015 issue of ASCCA's quarterly magazine, The California Independent is out for your viewing pleasure! New this year, the magazine is available for downloading on ASCCA's website (it is no longer printed and mailed to members). Feel free to share the link below with your colleagues or anyone you think might be interested in ASCCA. Contents Include: Legislative Day Recap and Photos History Article on Jack HeylerJohn Modesti's 1936 Ford Pickup Barbara Eldridge column Summer Conference Info Click here to read the magazine online. Single page version (for printing)