Download Available: WC Requirements LH
From October 8, 2010, California employers must provide certain updated documents to employees related to Workers’ Compensation. California has approved amended regulations governing the basic workers’ compensation notice materials that employers must use to inform employees of their rights and obligations under California workers’ compensation law. The revisions are as follows: Continue reading
Download Available: South Coast Air Quality Management District Regulations effecting Bodyshops Effective January 1, 2010
South Coast Air Quality Management District is the regulating agency for air quality in the Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and the non-desert portions of the San Bernardino County in Southern California. The agency has enacted new rules that apply to body shops regarding system maintenance and documentation. The Rule also covers NOx emissions limits for older (pre-1986) dryers, ovens and afterburners that are located at a collision center paint booth and related equipment.
Download Available: Used Oil Center and Wheel Weights
USED OIL RECYCLING CENTER: The state has enacted changes to the Use oil Recycling Program effective January 1, 2010 The changes that the bill creates for Certified Collection Centers (CCC) comprises of two different elements. First the bill changes the fee collection and the recycling incentive payment schedule. Secondly, the bill places certain changes to the Health & Safety Code requiring testing of used oil that is shipped out of state. Key elements of the bill are as follows Continue reading
Following an inspection by an OSHA inspector, citations may be issued that carry penalties and fines. At times, OSHA may forward the case to the local prosecutor if the case involves labor code violations that are tantamount to a crime. In this Newsletter, we discuss some of the procedural issues that you need to undertake when you receive the citation. Legal advice must be sought in high stakes cases especially where the local prosecutor is involved!
Download Available: Incentive Safety – Feb 2010
Dealerships’ incur extra liability when they hire an outside contractor. The purpose of this Alert is to discuss some avenues of liability the dealership may encounter and certain remedies that may address those liabilities.
OSHA Issue I: Continue reading
Download Available: FLU
What are the symptoms of Swine Flu?
Cough, Fever/Chills, Sore Throat, Fatigue/Body Aches, and Decreased Appetite
Less common: Runny Nose, Nausea, Vomiting, and Diarrhea.
Is there treatment for swine flu? Continue reading
Download Available: Recordable Injuries – LH
The Workers Compensation (W/C) premium paid by your dealership depends upon payroll, work function of the employee and the X-Mod. The X-Mod is computed upon the severity and frequency of injuries reported. Some dealerships have entered into programs with their insurance company where the first $250 expense for the treatment is paid by the dealership aka a deductible. While this financial agreement may be acceptable, it does not relieve the dealership to record the injury that later will reflect in their premiums! California Department of Insurance wrote a memo (a copy is attached) on this matter sometime ago notifying employers of their obligations. We seriously recommend that you discuss the matter of WHAT INJURIES NEED TO BE REPORTED AND WHICH ARE EXEMPT with your W/C insurance company. Some general guidance between recordable injuries and first aid as follows: Continue reading
Download Available: Exemption to Phase II EVR Upgrades LH
California Air Resources Board (CARB) has adopted regulations that require Phase II Enhance Vapor Recovery (EVR) upgrades to the gasoline dispensers on underground tanks by April 1, 2009. Approximate cost of the upgrades is running from $20-30K. We last wrote to you on this issue on April 10, 2008 and this Dealer Alert discusses how to get exemption from the upgrade. The Air Pollution Control Districts who are spearheading the compliance phase of the state law are willing to issue exemptions to dealers provided certain conditions are met. We discuss those conditions in this Dealer Alert. Continue reading
Many Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) health & safety standards require employers to provide their employees with protective equipment, including personal protective equipment (PPE), when such equipment is necessary to protect employees from job-related injuries, illnesses, and fatalities. These requirements address PPE of many kinds: hard hats, gloves, goggles, safety shoes, safety glasses, goggles, face shields, chemical protective equipment, and so forth. They state that the employer is to provide such PPE. However, these provisions do not specify that the employer is to provide such PPE at no cost to the employee. Continue reading
Every so often, a dealership has a spill of oil/ATF from their bulk storage tanks on the floor of the shop area during after-hours or on a weekend. The leak source can be attributed to equipment failure as follows:
Celly Services Inc. 