New Collins exec shifts from red to yellow
With a background in the fire truck industry, Dan Peters comes to Collins Bus Corp. with a keen understanding of the importance of building a top-quality vehicle for the job of protecting people.
Phones: not the only distractions
What about having conversations with kids (or even aides) on the bus while driving? Is that a source of distraction that should be avoided?
Healthcare reform: determining full-time employees
Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, large employers, such as school bus contractors, must offer affordable and minimal value healthcare insurance to full-time staffers by Jan. 1, 2014, or tax penalties will be imposed. Guidance from several federal agencies shows when employees must be treated as full time based on their work hours and employment timeframes, with examples for existing and new personnel.