Positive drug tests in the workforce have been on the rise over the past three years after years of declines. This 10-year high analyzed patterns...
MoreTen Million More Americans Smoke Marijuana Now than 12 Years Ago
While at least five states are preparing to vote on the legalization of marijuana for recreational purposes, British medical journal Lancet...
MoreMarijuana Not Conducive to Workplace Safety, DATIA Says
The USDEA recently confirmed that the impairment caused by marijuana use has been evaluated as unsafe in the workplace. In addition, those who use...
MoreEight States Will Vote on New Marijuana Laws on Election Day 2016
With a focus on the implications for employers, eight states will consider adopting medical and recreation marijuana use, joining 25 states and...
MoreEmployers Advised to Review Drug Free Workplace Policy if They Intend to Prohibit Medical Marijuana Use
Ohio’s new medical marijuana law takes effect next month. Employers should be reminded that business groups lobbied for an exception allowing...
MoreFederal Railroad Administration Expands Drug and Alcohol Testing For Maintenance-of-Way Workers
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) recently announced a final rule expanding drug and alcohol testing...
MoreMost States Do Not Require Employers to Accommodate Use of Medicinal Marijuana
As of May 2016, 25 states plus the District of Columbia allow the medicinal use of marijuana by patients suffering from certain debilitating...
MoreWhat OSHA’s Electronic Recordkeeping Rule Means for Workplace Post–Accident Drug and Alcohol Testing
OSHA’s final electronic recordkeeping rule, “Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses,” was published in the Federal Register. The...
MorePennsylvania’s New Medical Marijuana Act Implicates Employer Drug Policies
Pennsylvania’s Medical Marijuana Act (Act), effective May 17, 2016, makes the use, possession and distribution of marijuana lawful in the...
MoreFinding Workers Who Can Pass a Drug Test
All over the country, employers say they see a disturbing downside of tighter labor markets as they try to rebuild from the worst recession since...
MorePennsylvania Employee Proceeds With Invasion of Privacy Claim Arising out of Positive Drug Test Result
A federal court in Pennsylvania has allowed an employee to proceed with a wrongful discharge/invasion of privacy claim related to her discharge...
MoreMinnesota Drug Testing Law Applies Where Minnesota Resident Was Hired To Work In Another State
A federal appeals court has held that the Minnesota drug testing statute applies to an applicant tested in Minnesota, even though the applicant...
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