We receive questions frequently from clients asking about how to handle marijuana in the workplace. We recently came across an excellent article by Ogletree Deakins, Atlanta, a legal firm with an HR focus. that addresses the issues. This blog post lists some of the more crucial points. However, we encourage you to read the article. […]

In June of 2021, the Iowa Supreme Court handed down a ruling in Dix, et al. v. Casey’s General Stores, Inc. that changes the ways in which Iowa employers are allowed to conduct workplace drug testing — namely, that employers can designate certain warehouse employees as having “safety-sensitive jobs” in order to force them to […]

Quest Diagnostics, a major provider of diagnostic information services, showed that marijuana workforce drug test rates are increasing in a recently concluded large-scale study. One of the major takeaways from the study is that the results indicate a decrease of positive tests for many drug categories, but a surge in positive marijuana tests. There are […]

Employers in the construction industry have much to consider when it comes to drug testing.  On the one hand there is dealing with new marijuana laws.  And on the other hand there is the employers responsibility to maintain a safe working environment. A recent article by Bradley Arant nicely summarizes the various aspects of the […]