JD Supra

The Best Practices for Pre-Employment Drug Testing

Pre-employment drug testing can feel overwhelming for many employers. What are the rules? Do certain drugs matter more? What doesn’t matter at all? What can you let slide? The hard part is that ...
Yahoo

Data: Fentanyl positivity 7x higher in random workplace drug tests than in pre-employment tests

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A new report from Quest Diagnostics, a diagnostic testing and health information services provider, revealed the percentage of employed people who test positive for fentanyl in random ...
High Times

Washington Bill Would Ban Pre-Employment Drug Testing for Cannabis

Washington state is poised to become the next state to ban most pre-employment drug tests for cannabis. As detection of THC is a poor way to measure impairment, given how long cannabis stays in the ...
McKnight's Long-Term Care News

Up in smoke: Providers rethinking pre-employment drug screens

With medical marijuana now legal in three-fourths of all states, some long-term care employers say that pre-employment testing is weeding out otherwise ideal job candidates. They’re reconsidering ...
EHS Today

Cut Costs and Increase Safety with Pre-employment Drug Testing

Maintaining a drug-free workplace is an important component of a safe working environment. In this year of major cost-cutting and shrinking budgets for occupational health and safety programs, however ...
The Olympian

When a weed-friendly world collides with your job application

With more than 20 percent of successful job candidates at Express Employment Professionals failing pre-employment drug testing for marijuana, the company has put up a sign reminding applicants that ...
The Business Journals

Pre-employment drug testing issues exacerbate labor crisis

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Logistics and transportation delays are among several ...
Nasdaq

Workforce Drug Test Positivity Climbs to Highest Level in Two Decades, Finds Quest Diagnostics Drug Testing Index Analysis

Amid Widespread Recruiting and Retention Challenges, Drug Positivity Increases in Post-Accident Tests at a Faster Rate Than Pre-Employment Tests for Cocaine, Marijuana, Opiates and Oxycodones SECAUCUS ...
JD Supra

Pre-Employment Drug Testing Not Compensable Under California Law Holds Ninth Circuit

In a recent decision by the Ninth Circuit, the Court of Appeals upheld the district court ruling in favor of grocery chain WinCo Holdings, Inc., holding that plaintiffs who were not yet employees when ...
Overdrive

Trucker locked in FMCSA's Drug and Alcohol 'Clearinghouse jail' fights to break out

Evelyn Hickey's struggle shows shortcomings of the FMCSA's drug and alcohol database and the testing/med review industry it ...
WGRZ

Pre-employment drug testing issues exacerbate labor crisis

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Changes in state law and a growing availability of jobs are affecting the pre-employment drug testing industry, and the companies that rely on the service. New York state’s ...