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Employee Classifications – The Salary Test
In last months issue of Mind Your Business: PA School Bus Edition, we discussed the job duties test as a component of determining whether an employee is exem...
Positive Drug Tests – SAP Program and Return to Duty
When a school bus driver fails a drug or alcohol test, refuses to submit to required testing, or otherwise violates U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) d...
New FMCSA Rule on Non-Domiciled CDLs
Everyone knows that immigration has been a top priority for the Trump Administration. Recent developments out of Washington D.C. signify a tightening of fede...
EEOC News: Polaris Industries to Pay $55,000 in EEOC Pregnancy Suit
Polaris Industries will pay $55,000 after penalizing a pregnant employee for medically necessary absences and refusing accommodations—a violation of the Preg...
Legal Focus: I-9 Compliance and Best Practices
For most employers, the I-9 form is one of many documents that are given to a new-hire at the start of employment. A=er the form is completed, it is not unco...
Legal Focus: 2024 Year In Review
2024 brought many significant changes and events that affect the school bus industry. From the extension of the Under the Hood Exemption, to changes and chal...
Legal Focus: FMCSA Extends Under the Hood Exemption for Additional Two Years
On December 2, 2024, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) published an extension of the Under the Hood Exemption (the “Exemption”) in the ...
Legal Focus: Changes to the Department of Labor’s Overtime Rules
Overtime compliance can be difficult to track especially if your employees do not have a typical 9 to 5 workday. In addition, the tests that have been put in...
Navigating "Fitness for Duty" Questions: Legal Insights for Hiring Managers
Is your company currently seeking new hires? Do you know which questions you can legally ask them and which questions you cannot? RC Kelly Law Associates bre...
Oral Fluid Drug Testing – What You Should Know
On May 2, 2023, the Department of Transportation (“DOT”) published a final rule permitting the use of oral fluid drug testing in certain regulated drug testi...
What to Know About Non-Domiciled CDLs
As we approach the end of another school year, many school transportation contractors will once again ramp up their summer recruitment and hiring practices. ...
Non-Competes and Severance Agreements: How Recent Changes May Affect Your Business
In recent months, the legal landscape regarding employee non-competes and non-disparagement terms in severance agreements has evolved significantly at the na...