Don’t Be A Victim of Insurance Fraud
It’s long been said that if something seems too good to be true, it probably is. That adage definitely holds true when it comes to health insurance. The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud (CAIF) reports that as many as 200,000 people have purchased fake health coverage over the last three years. How does this happen? According […]
Organized Retail Crime Resource Hub
Organized Retail Crime Resource Hub, an online platform created to enhance collaboration between businesses and law enforcement. This hub provides tools for sharing information across jurisdictions, improving the coordination of efforts to detect and prevent criminal activity. By streamlining communication and serving as a central repository for best practices, the resource hub is set to […]
Retrospective Rating Program (Group Retro)
WAIA has a special partnership with Retail Association Services that offers our members the opportunity to take advantage of WRA’s Automotive Group Retro Program. Group Retro is a safety incentive program to help you drive down the costs of doing business in Washington. If enrolled in the Group Retro Program, your company could earn back […]
LABOR LAW POSTER UPDATE SERVICE
Members of WAIA will receive Federal and State workplace posters that will be replaced when and if needed during the year. The ComplyRight team of experts will monitor federal, state, and local changes and send you updates as soon as they happen, ensuring that your business is always compliant. As a business owner, you know how […]
Federated Insurance Adds Association Member Benefits Page
Federated Insurance strives to provide valuable benefits to association members. To continue giving the best support and guidance, an Association Member Benefits page has been created on our website to provide a helpful overview on what Federated® can offer to help maximize your partnership with us. Offerings include: Take a moment today to explore and utilize this […]
Washington’s minimum wage will hit $16.28 per hour in 2024
Under state law, L&I calculates the minimum wage for the coming year based on the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (CPI-W). In making the calculation, L&I compares the CPI-W index from August of the previous year to August of the current year. Cities can […]
Coronavirus Information
The following is a series of links to various forms, notices and resources for small businesses in Washington State. There are many sources for the same information, so many of these links will be found elsewhere in different communications you have probably received from other organizations. There doesn’t seem to be a lack of information […]
Automotive Aftermarket Charitable Foundation
Over five decades of caring. One Mission. The AACF, or Automotive Aftermarket Charitable Foundation, was founded in 1959 to assist automotive aftermarket members and their families who, due to catastrophic illness or terrible accident, have exhausted all other available resources in maintaining a reasonable existence. Our Mission – to provide sustainable solutions for those in […]
High-Tech Bay Shortage
“The closing of approximately 50,000 Dealer bays since 2008 has created an unprecedented opportunity for Independent (non-Dealer) repair outlets to fill this high-tech vehicle repair gap.” “The technical complexity of vehicles is increasing exponentially with each model year. Combined with the loss of Dealer bays, this has created a high-tech repair gap. The ability of […]
What Does the Paid Family Leave Act Mean for Your Small Business?
What Does the Paid Family Leave Act Mean for Your Small Business? The Washington Legislature approved the paid family leave program on June 30, 2017 – but now what? What does the Paid Family Leave Act mean for your small business? Full Article
2025 AUTOMOTIVE CALENDAR PROGRAM
Promote your business by keeping your name in front of your Customers all year long for just pennies per day! Realizing you have many choices of where to spend your advertising dollars for your annual purchase of calendars, WAIA has put together another terrific program. If you are currently ordering your calendars through WAIA, thank […]
IRS increases mileage rate for 2024
The Internal Revenue Service today issued the 2024 optional standard mileage rates used to calculate the deductible costs of operating an automobile for business, charitable, medical or moving purposes. Beginning on Jan. 1, 2024, the standard mileage rates for the use of a car (also vans, pickups or panel trucks) will be: 67 cents per […]
Yang (Young Auto Care Network Group)
The auto care industry’s dynamic and vibrant under-40 set finds its home with the Young Auto Care Network Group (YANG). YANG provides young auto care professionals in their twenties and thirties the opportunity to network with industry peers, enhance knowledge and improve leadership capabilities. Read more.
Babcox Media and Auto Care Association Partner on Industry Job Board
The Auto Care Association and Babcox Media announce a new partnership to support a single industry-wide job board, www.autocarecareers.org, recently created by the association as part of its Job and Career Development Program. “The auto care industry employs 4.2 million people and is constantly seeking qualified individuals to join the more than 500,000 businesses throughout the […]
WAIA Announces New Partnership – Effective October 1, 2015
Washington Automotive Industry Association (WAIA) is excited to announce a new partnership with Premera Blue Cross as its exclusive medical carrier. All groups requesting a quote will receive a renewal offer guaranteed for 12-months from October 1, 2015 – September 30, 2016. This new partnership will offer current and future WAIA groups competitively priced medical […]
Attract Young People with the New Auto Careers Website
The Auto Care Association has launched a new auto care careers website, www.autocarecareers.org, to educate young people about, and attract them to, careers in the auto care industry. The website has resources and information highlighting the variety of professional positions, fast growth potential and dynamic career paths available in the auto care industry. Highlights of […]
EMV vs. Chargeback
Chargeback [chahrj-bak] noun: Ugly debits to the business bank account that come out of nowhere, and eat up profit that could be used to pad the coffers; buy more advertising, or better yet, more inventory; maybe pad the employee bonus fund for the upcoming holidays. If you’ve been in business longer than two years, and […]
Credit Card Fraud Liability Shifts to Merchants
In the coming months, most new credit and debit cards will come embedded with a microchip that helps prevent counterfeit fraud. Next year, some fraud liability will shift from issuers to merchants who haven’t upgraded their terminals. Why are EMV chip cards the best option for businesses today? Businesses that do upgrade their terminals are […]
Have You Looked At Your Credit Card Rates Lately?
Each year, as you sit down to review your books and see how this year matches up to the year before, add in a review of your credit card processing merchant account. Take the December statements for 2013 and 2012, and do an apples-to-apples comparison on your rates, miscellaneous fees, and total sales reported for […]
Sources of Reliable Health Care Reform Information
WAIA wants to help you keep connected to various sources of reliable information that will help you keep your business up to date with Health Reform in general and specifically in the state of Washington. Here are a number of Web site links to trusted organizations with up-to-date information on the implications of Healthcare Reform. […]
Health Insurance and Medical Expenses: What Can You Deduct?
If you are like most people, you find yourself paying more for out-of-pocket healthcare costs. You may wonder what benefit you can get on your tax return for all the expenses. Unfortunately, the answer for many people is … nothing. But you may be one of the fortunate ones who is able to claim healthcare-related […]
NRF website sorts through health care reform requirements
A National Retail Federation website is a good resource for companies, large and small, working to plan and comply with expected national health care reforms.
What the Automotive Aftermarket Throughout the Country Needs to Know About New Regulatory Requirements for Brake Pads
The states of California and Washington have enacted new laws that will require major changes to the composition of brakes, including a reduction in the use of copper. While these new laws impose extensive requirements on brake manufacturers, both original equipment and aftermarket, firms that distribute, sell and install brake pads also will be saddled […]
Ecology announces the adoption of the Better Brakes Rule!
In 2010, Washington became the first state to pass legislation regulating the content of brake friction materials. The Better Brakes Law, Chapter 70.285 Revised Code of Washington (RCW), requires a phase-out of copper, asbestos, and several heavy metals from brake friction materials sold or offered for sale in the state. Brakes manufactured after January 1, […]
