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– Dealer Participation Needed: NADA Compensation and Benefits Survey
– Making Work Pay: Employee Tax Rebates in Recent Federal Stimulus Bill – Review DMS Contract Changes: Action Required! Guest Article, Paul Gillrie
– SB 91 to be Heard by House Business Affairs and Labor Committee TODAY! – SB 212 - Vendor Allowance Fee – HB 1230 - Motor Vehicle Registrations
– Employment Law Seminar: FMLA and ADA Acts- New Federal Regulations!! – Special NADA Legislative Seminar: Responding to Organized Labor-Defending Workplace Democracy – Tough Tactics to Reduce Expenses in Tough Times
– Statewide Green Car Convoy Across Colorado – Rocky Mountain Automotive Summit – Green Tie Charity Preview Event – NADC 5th Annual Member Conference – Denver International Auto Show – Dealer Management and Leadership Summit – CADA Annual Member Golf Event
–CADA Welcomes Northwestern Electrical Corporation
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CLICK HERE for more information! * * * * * * * * DEALER PARTICIPATION NEEDED: NADA COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS NADA sponsors an annual dealership compensation survey; we strongly encourage you to participate in this nationwide survey designed to collect compensation and benefits data for key dealership employees. This survey will provide overview information for the Mountain region and also show key compensation metrics in comparison to the rest of the country. In 2007 more than 2,500 dealers from 71 state and local associations participated in this survey and the results were published in the NADA Management Guide “PF15 Paying to Motivate Update ‘07”. The results of this year’s survey, published as “PF16 – Paying to Motivate Update ‘09”, will be mailed to you from NADA for free if you decide to participate!* This publication will also be sold to non-participating members for $150 each and will be available in late summer. Additionally, Colorado state-specific reports will be provided to all participants; CADA will mail those reports when available. To complete the survey online click here: www.nada.org/survey To obtain a paper copy of the survey CLICK HERE * * * * * * * * Listed here are several articles pertaining to the
MAKING WORK PAY: EMPLOYEE TAX REBATES IN RECENT FEDERAL STIMULUS BILL
From an operational standpoint, you should not have to do anything if you have a 3rd party payroll service, but I strongly recommend you check with your payroll service and make sure you are set up to make the change. If you do payroll in-house, I would recommend you download the new tax withholding tables http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/n1036.pdf and make the changes as soon as possible. You can start issuing the rebate as soon as you want, but no later than April 1, 2009. You just have to be sure that the full amount of the rebate is in the workers’ hands by the end of 2009. Employees will not have to fill out new W-4s or make any changes in order to get this rebate, unless they want to change their withholding/deductions. CADA members can contact MSEC directly for additional information at the link below: * * * * * * * * REVIEW COMPUTER VENDOR CONTRACT CHANGES: ACTION REQUIRED! Paul Gillrie of The Paul Gillrie Institute, a well-known and widely respected consultant has distributed the following article to warn dealers of contract changes being instituted by some computer vendors. Dealerships are advised to carefully review all letters regarding contract changes. Key points below:
CLICK HERE to review the full article. * * * * * * * * If you have questions on any legal or regulatory topic, please contact:
DISCLAIMER: CADA is not authorized to dispense legal advice.
SB 091 TO BE HEARD BY HOUSE BUSINESS AFFAIRS AND LABOR COMMITTEE TODAY AT 2PM!! SB 091 to be heard by House Business Affairs and Labor Committee TODAY! The bill has been introduced in the House of Representatives and Speaker Terrance Carroll (D-Denver) has assigned SB 091 to the House Business Affairs & Labor Committee, which is chaired by the bill’s House Sponsor, Rep. Joe Rice (D-Littleton). The committee is scheduled to hear SB 091 this afternoon in the Old Supreme Court Chambers, located on the second floor of the Capitol and several dealers are lined up to testify in support of the bill. We will provide updates after today’s hearing! CLICK HERE If you would like to view the bill! * * * * * * * * Governor Ritter’s transportation package, SB 108, dubbed "FASTER", passed out of the House on Wednesday, Feb. 25th by a vote of 34-31. This bill was opposed by every Republican and four Democrats, including the House Majority Leader, Paul Weissman (D-Louisville). The other three Democrats opposing the bill were Rep. John Soper (D-Thornton), Rep. Dennis Apuan (D-Colorado Springs), and Rep. Wes McKinley (D-Walsh). The Senate ultimately concurred with the amendments added to the bill in the House (discussed below) and Governor Ritter signed this bill into law at a press conference on Monday, March 2nd. The bill takes effect immediately. FASTER, a revenue generator for 126 structurally deficient bridges and countless road and transit projects, ultimately raises vehicle registration fees by $41 for the average car — an amendment passed in the House phases in the fee increase over three years instead of two — generating more than $250 million a year for road and bridge fixes. The bill will also charge a $2-per-day fee on rental cars and will give local governments the authority to put tolls on existing roads if the governments get the buy-in of all communities that would be impacted by the tolls. Rep. Ed Casso (D-Commerce City) proposed an amendment to remove the tolling provision, arguing that imposing tolls on roadways that are already paid for is bad public policy and fundamentally unfair, but the amendment failed after heated debate. The bill also gives the Regional Transportation District (RTD) the authority to go to the voters directly to ask for a tax hike, without first having to seek approval from Legislature. If you would like to view SB 108, please CLICK HERE. * * * * * * * * SB 212 may hold the record this Session (at least so far) for the quickest path to the Governor’s desk for signature. Since it was introduced on February 17th, this bill flew through the Senate, was passed by the House and ultimately sent to the Governor on February 26th. That’s nine days from start to finish, and based on how the bill started and how it finished is a testament to the work of several business groups that mounted formidable opposition to the introduced bill in that short 9 day period. The original bill discriminated against large retailers – auto dealers included – by only providing them with a $417/month vendor fee allowance for collecting state sales tax ($5000 per year). This reduction would have been a multi-million dollar reduction in revenue to CADA members over the next three years. The original bill still allowed smaller businesses with less retail sales to collect the full 3.3 percent vendor fee without limitation. Thanks to intensive lobbying by CADA, CACI, Colorado Retail Council and others, the vendor fee allowance has been reduced to 1.35 percent for large vendors (auto dealers included) and the arbitrary monthly cap has been eliminated. Small vendors can still collect the full 3.3 percent. This bill went into effect on March 1st and will sunset on December 31, 2011. If you would like to view SB 212, please CLICK HERE. * * * * * * * * HB 1230 - MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATIONS HB 1230 would prevent county clerks from “bouncing” title and/or registrations for motor vehicles if there is a discrepancy over the taxes collected by the dealer at the time of sale. The bill would also provide a "hold harmless" provision for dealers if they collect inaccurate taxes based on address information provided by buyers that turns out to be erroneous. This provision would be especially critical in the event of an audit. This bill is scheduled to be heard Thursday, March 5th (tomorrow!) in the House Transportation & Energy committee. If you wish to testify in favor of HB 1230, please contact Tammi McCoy or me at 303-831-1772. Thursday, March 5 Upon recess Room 0107 Transportation & Energy HB 1284 Levy--Corridor Capacity Strategic Planning HB 1277 Labuda--Electric Utility Customer Info Fuel Mix HB 1261 Swalm--Limit Wholesale Telecom Tariff HB 1187 Swalm--Allow Tolling Of Existing Toll-free Hwys HB 1230 Summers--Motor Vehicle Registration * * * * * * * * Questions or Comments? Please contact: Melissa Kuipers – VP of Government Relations and Communication DENVER AUTO SHOW
EMPLOYMENT LAW SEMINAR: FMLA AND ADA ACTS - NEW FEDERAL REGULATIONS!! Tuesday, March 10, 2009 Presented by Todd Fredrickson, top Denver employment attorney In January of 2009, the federal government saddled employers with new laws, regulations and obligations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA). Workplace law experts expect these new laws will generate an increase in lawsuits against employers—especially in the current economic downturn as downsizing is occurring. All participants will receive an updated copy of the NADA “Dealer Guide to the Family and Medical Leave Act” (January 2009 version).
Todd Fredrickson, Attorney, Fisher & Phillips, LLP, http://www.laborlawyers.com/
* * * * * * * * SPECIAL NADA LEGISLATIVE SEMINAR: RESPONDING TO ORGANIZED LABOR-DEFENDING WORKPLACE DEMOCRACY Thursday, March 12, 2009 NADA Speakers: D. Gerald Coker, Ford & Harrison LLP and Ivette Rivera, executive director, Legislative Affairs About the Topic: This virtual seminar will provide an overview of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA), and will discuss how this proposed legislation could lead to increased union membership. The speakers will describe the process for union organization and collective bargaining under federal law and analyze how EFCA will affect union-organizing strategies in dealerships. What You Will Cover
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* * * * * * * * TOUGH TACTICS TO REDUCE EXPENSES IN TOUGH TIMES CLICK HERE for a registration/flyer form! March 24-25, 2009 Presented by Steve Lane, management instructor at the NADA/ATD Dealer Academy. Steve has more than 30 years’ experience in the automotive industry as a controller, director of internal audit and financial analysis, and as a regional CFO. About the Topic: This session will show you how—using a step-by-step approach—to eliminate wasteful spending, and make sure your expenses are in line with NADA profiles and benchmarks.
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CADA would like to welcome its newest allied member North Western Electrical Corporation. North Western is a service oriented contractor specialzing in electrical, communication and lighting installation, in addition to these services they offer a 24 hour maintenance service. For more information about North Western Electrical or its products contact Henry Vera at 303.452.8576 or jvera@northwesternelec.com LET US KNOW ABOUT YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENTS! Have you or anyone else at your dealership won an award recently? Have you or your dealership provided any outstanding community service? We want to recognize such accomplishments. Please send us a brief write-up of the award or event along with any other information to milestones@coloradodealers.org. Also include your contact information for further follow-up. If you want to be added to our mailing list, please CLICK HERE. To remove yourself from this list, click on this link.
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DEALER NEWS & INFORMATION
What can the CADA F&I Resource Center do for you? Michelle Chavez, manager of the CADA F&I Resource Center explains: It has come to our attention that many of our member dealers around the state are unsure what the CADA F&I Resource Center is and how we can help you reach greater profitability. This is to introduce you to the CAD
A F&I Resource Center “Who and Why”. 
Most workers will receive up to a $400 rebate in 2009. Employees who make more than a certain amount will not be eligible for the rebate. Unlike the rebate in 2008, the government will not send out checks, but will give the rebate through adjusted payroll withholding tables that were published on 2/19/09. The payroll withholding table takes into account the amount an employee makes, and thus those who are ineligible will not get the adjusted withholding. 
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