How should employers handle marijuana impairment and recent-use drug testing? Ultimately, the goal is to remove individuals who can adversely affect workplace safety and the safety of clients and members of the public. However, how do you know if someone is truly incapacitated? In this area of discussions with clients, we are often asked whether […]

A recent article in Business Insurance indicates to us why random drug testing is more important than ever. Truck drivers and other workers in the transportation industry are showing greater signs of drug use, and this is raising safety concerns for business owners. The article highlights that “while some other employers are relaxing drug policies […]

Legislators and others have pushed a move away from pre-employment drug testing and the exclusion of certain drug panels in the drug testing process. What is the result? A recent article nicely summarizes the outcome using data from the Quest Diagnostics’ 2022 Drug Testing Index Essentially, post-accident positive tests are on the rise. In post-accident […]

Not having a medical review officer involved in your drug testing program is a major error that you want to avoid. Even large, international companies make this mistake and the consequences can be costly. When drug tests are completed in a lab, they don’t automatically report out as either positive or negative. Instead, they are […]

An overlooked reason to do drug testing is to help identify employees who may be struggling with addiction. Many people assume the motivating factor behind drug testing employees is to “throw the bum out”. Nothing could be further from the truth for a variety of reasons. If an employee is a valuable and productive employee […]