Timely updates on legal issues affecting dealerships and other franchises.
With online sales becoming more prevalent, dealers should be aware of the protections a customer might have when they electronically sign a motor vehicle purchase contract. One of those protections is the three-day right to cancel, also known as the “cooling-off rule.”
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Dealers focus on enhancing the customer experience, but sometimes even the most cautious dealers can be faced with complaints from customers who think they got it wrong.
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Currently the Pfizer, Moderna, and Johnson & Johnson vaccines for COVID-19 have only been approved for emergency use by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which means that terminating an employee for refusing to receive the vaccine could violate unjust termination principles under Wisconsin law. The bottom line is that currently no state or federal law directly prohibits Wisconsin employers from requiring employees to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, but doing so exposes employers to many forms of potential liability. The legal risks outlined below demonstrate that mandating vaccines is not recommended at this time, and dealers instead may want to consider simply encouraging employees to get vaccinated.
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