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Parent Complaints About Drivers and Aides: Investigation and Response

The first weeks of school often bring complaints as students, drivers, aides, and school personnel adjust to new routes and schedules. A parent may report un...

Drug and Alcohol Policies: Best Practices

As we approach the end of the 2025-2026 school year, school bus contractors are already making plans for work that must be completed over the summer months i...

Last Chance Agreements

As school bus operators know, managing employees is no easy task. When employee disciplinary issues arise, many school bus operators get stumped on what type...

How to Handle Twenty-Seven Pay Periods in 2026

Many employers pay their salaried employees an annual salary amount that is paid in twenty-six biweekly installments over the course of each year, most often...

Save the Drivers … Employee Performance Management

Because good drivers are hard to find, every driver is worth the effort of performance management when problems arise. Employers should be sure to start at t...

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: Pennsylvania State Police Background Check Requirements for School Bus Contractors

School bus contractors must assure their drivers obtain clearances, including that their employees have Pennsylvania State Police (“PSP”) Background Checks p...

Legal Focus: Assuring Compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act

School bus contractors are required to comply with many laws and regulations to ensure legal compliance for their operations. Federal Motor Carrier laws and ...

The Biden Administration Proposed Overtime Rule – How This May Affect Your Business

Once again, the United States Department of Labor (the “Department’) is looking to expand eligibility for overtime pay required under the Fair Labor Standard...

Understanding Employees Clearances – Background Check Review and Portability

Back to school season is in high gear and driver clearances are an important part of that process. The driver shortage has increased the need to take advanta...

Compensable Pre-Employment Training

For school transportation contractors in Pennsylvania, it is peak hiring season as the start of the new school year is just under a month away. Many contract...

School Bus Contractors and the Unintended Effect of the WARN Act

The Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) Act. 29 U.S.C. § 2101 et seq., passed in 1988, requires employers to provide employees with advanced...

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