ARANJ Board of Directors David Yeager - EL & M Auto (800) 624-2266 / elandmauto@aol.com Ed Silipena - American II Autos (609) 965-0987 / esilipena@yahoo.com Norm Vachon - Port Murray Auto (908) 689-3152 / portmurrayauto@yahoo.com Dillon Rinkens - East Brunswick Auto (732) 254-6501 / ebautonj@comcast.net
ARANJ Officers
President - Rodney Krawczyk Ace Auto Wreckers (732) 254-9816 / aceautonj@comcast.net 1st Vice President - Daryl Carman Lentini Auto Salvage (908) 782-4440 / darryl@las-parts.coms 2nd Vice President - Mike Ronayne Tilghmans Auto Parts (609) 723-7469 / tilghmans@snip.net Past President - Bob Dirkes Dirkes Used Auto Parts (609) 625-1718 / dirkesauto@gmail.com
ARANJ The Automotive Recyclers Association of New Jersey
Wharton Insurance Briefs
It is that time of year again where many of you will be renewing your workers’ compensation insurance and obtaining an audit for the prior year’s policy. We have had this conversation at many of our ARA meetings. In order to prevent any problems on workers’ compensation audits regarding the classification of employees, make sure you are prepared for your audit. You should assign each employee into the proper classification to avoid these problems. There are several classifications that are typical to recycling operations. There is auto dismantling; iron and steel scrap dealer; store auto retail; auto garage or repair; outside salesperson; and clerical. You must have a clear physical separation of duties in order to use any or all of these classifications. For example, you must have a separate office for clerical and a separate area for store auto retail (counter area), and the auto dismantling operations must be separated by a fence or barrier from the iron and steel scrap operations. There also cannot be any intermingling of employee duties. If done correctly, there can be a major difference in premium. When an auditor contacts you to perform your audit, please don’t hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns regarding the proper classification of your employees. Mario DeFilippis, AAI Vice President (732) 686-7020 (office) (908) 513-8588 (cell) mdefilippis@whartoninsurance.com
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