Don’t forget to post COVID-19 sick leave notice; get a copy, see FAQs on law via the DOL
— March 31, 2020Collision repairers and other employers must by Wednesday post notice of the new COVID-19 paid sick and
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CARES Act includes $349B in government-backed small-biz loans to ease COVID-19 coronavirus slowdown
— March 27, 2020Congress passed and Republican President Donald Trump signed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic
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Correction: Colo. orders PPE inventory lists from shops; Minn. rule might apply to some facilities
— March 27, 2020Colorado has ordered auto body shops and other businesses to send details on their personal protective
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Governor: N.J. auto body shops, other businesses must submit inventory of PPE by 5 p.m. Friday
— March 26, 2020Democratic New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy has ordered all collision repairers and other businesses with
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State Farm agrees to sublet scan invoice after body shop complaint to Wisc. DOI
— March 26, 2020Recently, we reported on difficulties repairers in three states had encountered while invoicing for using
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Ontario, Quebec declare auto repair essential service in Canadian COVID-19 shutdowns
— March 24, 2020Canada’s two largest provinces have declared auto repair an essential service, which appears to
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Body shops can tap SBA EIDL loans during coronavirus woes; new Fed aid has ‘Main Street’ program
— March 23, 2020Last week, we drew collision repairers’ attention to the importance of liquidity during a business
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Allstate to increase Virtual Assist usage during COVID-19 issue; APCIA asks DOIs for flexibility
— March 20, 2020Allstate on Wednesday said it would use Virtual Assist more frequently for initial estimates to minimize
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Homeland Security CISA guidance calls auto repair ‘essential’ for U.S. infrastructure
— March 20, 2020The U.S. Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency on Thursday issued guidance
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COVID-19 law requires paid sick, FMLA time at auto body shops, offsets it with tax breaks
— March 19, 2020President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a bill requiring companies with less than 500 workers to temporarily
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