CARSTAR: NLRB ruling on joint employers won’t affect local auto body franchises
— September 3, 2015A National Labor Relations Board ruling lamented by a national franchise organization really won’t
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Business Practices
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NSF elaborates on audits, equipment, insurer buy-in for auto body shop certification
— September 2, 2015Equipment must meet OEM specifications and structural repairers must follow OEM procedures during quarterly
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NSF to surprise-audit auto body shops, check repair work under new certification program
— September 2, 2015NSF International will use unannounced audits and check actual repair work under a new body shop certification
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Investigative La. blog covers ‘David v. Goliath’ body shop owner running against insurer-backed commissioner
— September 1, 2015Investigative blog Louisiana Voice has scrutinized Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon’s thousands
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One year later, few details on Performance Gateway under Enterprise
— September 1, 2015It’s been about a year since Enterprise Holdings bought Performance Gateway from Axalta, but nobody
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After N.C. complaint of misleading language, here’s a look at other state auto insurance FAQs
— August 28, 2015The story of a state-published auto insurance FAQ in North Carolina being used by insurers instead of
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Repairer: Misleading N.C. insurance FAQ used by GEICO to dispute auto body rate
— August 28, 2015Despite assurances from the North Carolina Department of Insurance that misleading language would be
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Vt. DMV’s case against mechanic accused in death describes unopened manual, missed chances by others to note brake, rocker flaws
— August 28, 2015The Vermont DMV’s case against a licensed mechanic accused of involuntary manslaughter describes
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GAO: ‘Difficult to determine’ if state inspection programs work from crash data
— August 27, 2015Though the case of a Vermont mechanic accused of involuntary manslaughter has brought vehicle inspections
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Judge sends 14 auto body lawsuits back for redo, implies way for ‘steering’ allegations to survive
— August 27, 2015Following a familiar pattern, a Florida judge last week last week rejected collision repairers’
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