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Collision repair industry urges statutory fix to raise auto body labor rates
Summary
Body-shop owners, trade groups and industry representatives told lawmakers that current labor reimbursement rates do not cover training, equipment or advanced repair work and urged passage of bills to establish a data-driven mechanism for prevailing rates and ongoing advisory board review.
Owners and trade associations representing collision repair facilities urged the joint hearing to support legislation they say is necessary to update labor reimbursement rates for auto body repair in Massachusetts.
Lucky Papageorge, executive director of the Alliance of Automotive Service Providers of Massachusetts (ASPMA), and David Brown, fixed operations director for a family of dealerships, said current average reimbursement rates paid by insurers — frequently cited around $44–$46 per hour during testimony — were inadequate given rising costs of equipment,…
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