California law prohibits employers from asking, either directly or indirectly, about an individual's sex or gender. Therefore, job applications should not include any questions about an applicant's sex or gender. For employers who must request information about sex or gender for legally required government reporting (such as EEO-1 Reports), the disclosure of that information must be voluntary. In addition, you can't discriminate against someone who refuses to provide that information. See details here. Source: Our Friends at the California Chamber of Commerce

Recently I was speaking with an insurance agency owner about the lack of success of his two most recent hires. When I asked how many hours they were putting in, the answer was, "About 45 or 50 per week." Keep in mind, these agents are in their 20s, are new to the industry and relatively new to sales. In other words, not only do they have to spend time learning about an industry they know next to nothing about, they also have to learn how to sell, in addition to learning the ins and outs of the new company they work for. Taking all of that into consideration, I gave him my estimate of how many hours they should be putting in. His response? "Look, you can't expect Millennials to work more than 40 or 50 hours a week." See more here. Source: John Chapin

If you have not gotten started on your efforts to provide anti-harassment training to your California employees, you need to get working on it now. Law passed last year puts the onus on most employers in the state to provide anti-sexual harassment training to their staff every two years. But there is plenty of confusion about how to conduct training as well as what to do with new hires, seasonal and temporary workers. We explain here. Recall, training is FREE to CAWA members through our partners at CoreMark Insurance. Contact Mat Nabity at [email protected] or 866.340.2247.

Aftermarket associations, like CAWA, get one full scholarship to the University of the Aftermarket's Leadership 2.0 Program. The participant must be a service dealer or distributor (WD or jobber). Enclosed is more information ( here). The dates of the Program are August 11-16, 2019 at the Northwood University campus in Midland Michigan and March 15-20, 2019 in Raleigh North Carolina. If you are interested in competing for a scholarship to Leadership 2.0, please contact [email protected].

Simply go to https://www.cawa.org/scholarships.aspx and click on the donation button to make your contribution. Recall, scholarships come in two forms: (1) for your employees, children, family members and others who are working in the auto care industry and those who would be welcomed into the industry; and (2) for automotive high school teachers to assist in making their programs relevant and educational. Funds for scholarships come from generous CAWA members, including Motorcar Parts of America and the University of the Aftermarket Foundation. For more information, contact [email protected]. Another member benefit.

Our national partners, the Auto Care Association, has developed a "paper" on the myths associated with trade and the auto care industry. See the enclosure for details ( here) and visit autocare.org/trade to learn more about how trade impacts the auto care industry.