Breaking News
New Poster Required to Recognize Changes to Family and Medical Leave Act
April 9, 2008—In late January, President Bush signed into law the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2008, which amended the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA). Effective immediately, the amendment permits an eligible employee:
1) Who is the “spouse, son, daughter, parent, or next of kin of a covered service member” to take up to 26 work weeks of leave to care for a “member of the Armed Forces, including a member of the National Guard or Reserves, who is undergoing medical treatment, recuperation, or therapy, is otherwise in outpatient status, or is otherwise on the temporary disability retired list, for a serious injury or illness.”
2) To take FMLA leave because of “any qualifying exigency (as the Secretary shall, by regulation, determine) arising out of the fact that the spouse, or a son, daughter, or parent of the employee is on active duty (or has been notified of an impending call or order to active duty) in the Armed Forces in support of a contingency operation.”
Important: Dealerships should put on display next to the FMLA poster a new Department of Labor poster informing employees of these changes. The FMLA Poster Insert for Military Family Leave Amendments is available free here. |
About NADA Regulatory Affairs
NADA’s Regulatory Affairs Group protects and promotes franchised car and truck dealership interests before the federal administrative agencies. Each year, Regulatory Affairs monitors and analyzes hundreds of federal regulatory issues and proposals, evaluating them for potential dealership impacts. Regulatory Affairs also helps to formulate NADA policy positions on those issues and, through written comments, testimony and, if necessary, legal action, advocates dealership interests before the federal agencies and judiciary.
The Regulatory Affairs Group coordinates its activities with NADA's Legislative Office on subjects of common concern, works closely with state and metro dealer associations, and regularly engages with other industry trade associations. Regulatory Affairs also prepares compliance-oriented guides, bulletins and articles and directly provides compliance advice to dealerships. For assistance, please call (703) 821-7040, fax (703) 448-5824 or email: regulatoryaffairs@nada.org.
Regulatory Issue Topics
Compliance-oriented information for car and truck dealerships is available on a wide array of regulatory topics sorted by:
Subject
Dealership Department
Government Agency
New Regulatory Guides and Bulletins
A Dealer Guide to Adverse Action Notices (May 2007)
Reference Materials
NADA & ATD Regulatory Compliance Chart (2nd Edition, 44 pp., available in both a print edition and as a downloadable PDF file)
Car and truck dealers need to know how federal rules and regulations apply to them. The NADA & ATD Regulatory Compliance Chart provides:
- An overview, with checklist, of federal rules that apply to car and truck dealerships, organized alphabetically by regulatory agency.
- A short summary of each rule.
- Sources for further compliance-oriented information for car and truck
dealerships that are available from NADA and various government
agencies.
To order, click here.
The Regulatory Maze: NADA's Annual Update on Federal Regulations (February 2008, 4 MB, PDF)
This annual AutoExec magazine article lists federal rules that apply to car and truck dealerships, organized by dealership department. To download, click here.
Regulatory Review
NADA's Regulatory Review tracks laws and regulations that affect dealers. It is mailed quarterly to state and metro dealer association executives and the NADA board of directors. Regulatory Review is produced by NADA Public Affairs in cooperation with NADA's Legal and Regulatory Affairs department.
Current and back issues (PDF format) may be accessed here.
Recent Federal Agency Publications
The following are links to recent federal agency publications impacting NADA members, listed from newest to oldest:
Energy Stewardship Initiative
The partnership between NADA and EPA's ENERGY STAR program encourages greater energy efficiency at dealership facilities and operations. More information is available at www.nada.org/energystar.
Regulatory Affairs on NADA-TV
These brief (75 second) video reports, featuring NADA General Counsel Andy Koblenz, cover a variety of regulatory topics of interest to dealers. (Clips require Windows Media player to view.)
OSHA's proposed regulations limiting exposure to Hexavalent Chromium in body shops (Dial-up, Broadband)
EPA's fuel economy information numbers on Monroney stickers on new automobiles after Sept. 1, 2007 (Dial-up, Broadband)
The "Red flags" rule of the FACT Act requiring dealer F&I departments to beware of identity theft of consumer credit information. (Dial-up, Broadband)
IRS UNICAP problem for dealer parts inventory. (Dial-up, Broadband)
Outreach at NADA Conventions
NADA-TV covered the Regulatory Affairs Group and the Federal Agency Outreach Pavilion at the 2007 Convention and Exposition in Las Vegas. (Dial-up, Broadband)