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Mandatory Reporting Issues Under Pennsylvania's Child Protective Services Law
Pennsylvania’s Child Protective Services Law (CPSL), 55 Pa. Code § 3490, et seq., was enacted to protect abused children and preserve/stabilize families by a...
Measles Outbreak Could Cause Business Interruption
Measles has been headline news recently. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), in the U.S. there were 644 reported cases of measles in 2014 and...
Volunteer Background Clearances Required by HB 435/Act 153
On October 22, 2014 Governor Corbett signed HB 435 of 2103, as amended, into law as Act153. This amendment to Pennsylvania’s Child Protective Services Law, 2...
New Act 168 Requires Employers to Seek and Share Comprehensive Employment History Information
On October 22, 2014 Governor Corbett signed Act 168 into law. Originally introduced in 2013, the primary implication of this new law is that it adds a new se...
The Cost of Compliance with Annual Physical and Proposed Statutory Changes
While Pennsylvania law requires school bus drivers to have a physical no later than every 12 months, most healthcare plans will only pay for an annual physic...
Pennsylvania Background Check Updates
In 2011, changes to 24 P.S. § 1-111 (Act 24) were passed tightening the state’s qualifications for certain employees working with or around children by expan...
Pennsylvania Employer's Workers Compensation Obligations
While business growth is exciting, it also increases the costs of labor and related expenses. Businesses that have grown to become “employers” face many new ...
Recovering CDL Training Costs
Employers invest significant amounts of time and money in specialized training for prospective and existing employees. When the employee uses their newly acq...
Traffic Offenses and CDL Disqualification
While everyone is aware of the November 2011 amendment to the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations restricting the use of hand-held mobile telephones by ...
How Will Changes to Pennsylvania's Unemployment Compensation Law Affect School Bus Contractors
As you know, Pennsylvania school bus drivers working for independent contractors are currently eligible to receive unemployment compensation benefits during ...
Employer's Perspective on "Self-Certification" for CDL Holders
Much has been written previously and elsewhere in this newsletter regarding the details of the FMCSA ruling that requires states to downgrade a commercial dr...
Background Check Changes in Pennsylvania
Recent changes to the Pennsylvania Public School Code tightened the state’s qualifications for school bus drivers by expanding the list of disqualifying offe...