GNYADA November 2019 Newsletter

Pay Stub Violations Could Cost Millions

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To help stop repeat offenders, if a dealer has already had a violation in the previous six years, penalties could be up to $20,000! Pay stubs/wage statements must include: n Dealership’s name, address, and phone number n Employee name n Dates covered by payment (pay period) n Basis of payment (hourly, salary, commission, etc.) n Rates paid (regular and overtime) n Hours worked (regular and overtime) n Allowances or credits applied against wages n Gross wages n Any deductions from wages, and n Net wages

Earlier this year, a federal court in California awarded a class of Walmart employees over $100 million because Walmart had given them improper wage statements. The wage statements did not tell employees all applicable hourly rates during a pay period or did not include pay period start and end dates. The same violation could be just as costly to a NY dealer. New York’s Wage Theft Prevention Act (WTPA) requires that employees receive detailed, accurate, written wage statements. For each day a dealer does not provide a pay stub, a worker can get $250, up to a max of $5,000. If the pay stub is not compliant with the WTPA, a dealer will have to pay $250 per violation, up to $5,000.

8 Process DMV Registrations and Titles from your Dealership

GNYADA is proud to partner with Dealertrack to provide dealers with a high-performance In-State Registration and Titling solution. Dealertrack’s Online Registration System is a user-friendly, intuitive application that enables dealerships to register and title motor vehicles on site, online, and in real-time. It inte- grates seamlessly into your workflow and is designed to be streamlined, helping you to process transactions faster, easier and more efficiently.

Online Dealer Advantages:

Online Dealers Do Not Have To:

You know the exact registration fee to collect from the customer, eliminating registration refund processes; DMV supplies you with your documents and license plates; If the customer is transferring plates and the registration has only one day left, you can transfer and renew the plates all at once; If your customer lost the title for their trade-in, you can process the duplicate title request; Eliminates the risk of having to pay customer tickets because they didn’t receive their registration on time.

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Greater New York Automobile Dealers Association • www.gnyada.com

The Newsletter • November 2019