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Legal Focus: Avoiding Pitfalls in the Recruitment and Hiring Process
The demand for talent in today’s job market remains high. This can cause many employers to move quickly, with less focus on ensuring that documents related t...
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...
Navigating Workplace Conflict with Mediation and Investigation Strategies
Choosing between mediation and investigation for workplace issues depends on the nature and severity of the problem. Here's an overview to help you understan...
FMCSA Pre-Employment Drug Testing of School Bus Driver Applicants
Drug testing is an important part of the job for school bus contractors, but the FMCSA rules can be complex and difficult to understand which complicates the...
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. ...
New NLRB Ruling Affects Non-Disparagement and Confidentially Clauses
When entering into formal agreements with employees, employers commonly include terms to protect certain interests, such as its reputation and image, or the ...
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...
Keeping Up with Evolving Pennsylvania Marijuana Laws
Despite the Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Act (the “PMMA”), being passed over five (5) years ago, many Pennsylvania employers face uncertainty when addressi...
Managing Employee COVID Vaccination Status
At the start of the 2021-2022 school year, 25 states had issued some form of COVID vaccination mandate, while 12 other states issued COVID vaccination mandat...
OSHA Whistleblower Complaints
COVID-19 has created an entirely new workplace safety issue within the purview of the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (“OSHA”). While workplace...