Compliance guru has the processes and auditing outline you need to avoid issues that begin in sales and at the desk, starting with discriminatory pricing.
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A shortage of qualified lube techs is no reason to ignore the strict — and strictly enforced — Department of Labor rules governing the employment of your youngest workers.
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Attendees of the upcoming Industry Summit and P&A Leadership Summit are invited to register for Automotive Compliance Education’s onsite certification review and exam for no additional charge.
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The operators of websites that sold fake pay stubs and other financial documents have agreed to permanently shut down their business as part of separate settlements with the Federal Trade Commission, the regulator announced this week.
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Software provider DealerBuilt agreed to implement security protocols to settle an investigation into a data breach that exposed the personal information of customers and employees at more than 100 dealerships nationwide.
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According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Hallman Chevrolet falsified loan documents as well as costume jewelry brought in by customers as collateral for purported down payments over a six-year period beginning in 2009. The dealer, David Hallman, accepted responsibility for the scheme and agreed to pay a $1.4 million fine and more than $737,000 in restitution to end federal prosecution.
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A coalition of 14 attorneys general warned CFPB Acting Director Mick Mulvaney against taking any action to reinterpret ECOA as not providing for disparate impact liability — signaling that the fight over dealer participation might not be over.
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In an Aug. 13 ruling, the California New Motor Vehicle Board sided with Folsom Chevrolet in a case that calls into question the way General Motors and other automakers measure and enforce sales expectations.
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The U.S. Senate Banking Committee narrowly approved the nomination of Kathy Kraninger to head the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection. The vote sends her nomination to the full Senate for consideration.
Read More →The federal agency filed suit in federal court on Monday, charging Ferman Automotive with sex discrimination for not promoting a qualified female sales manager to general manager nine times.
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