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New Jersey’s neighborhood new car and truck dealerships support hundreds of charitable efforts and NJ CAR wants to help get the word out to the rest of the world. Have you conducted a food or clothing drive? Have you donated to a school, hospital, shelter, library or any other worthwhile...

As the production and distribution of the three currently approved COVID vaccines (Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, Janssen/ Johnson & Johnson) continues to improve and the pace of individuals being vaccinated increases, President Biden is expected to soon announce that ALL U.S. adults will be eligible for vaccinations by April 19, 2021. Governor...

A lot has changed since the Coalition last held a webinar discussing the NJ CAR Clean Program. The Coalition held an update webinar on April 6 that touched on the following: Updated State and federal guidelines and regulations OSHA enforcement and investigations Handling formal complaints Written COVID protection programs/policies Streamlining...

Effective Monday, March 29, 2021, additional individuals who live, work, or are educated in New Jersey are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. While dealership personnel are still not specifically identified as eligible, some employees may fit into one or more eligible categories. The new categories include essential workers...

The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will start to collect annual EEO-1 reports beginning April 26, 2021. The EEOC requires dealerships with more than 100 employees to annually file an Employer Information Report (EEO-1 Report). The EEO-1 Report asks for the total number of employees sorted by...

Earlier this month, President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). Among other things, the legislation extends the federal payroll tax credits for emergency paid sick and family leaves for wages paid during the period 4/01/21 through 9/30/21. The employer leave obligations that were contained in the original...