Drug screening for jobs – is it important?

drug use higher than it has been in years past, drug screening for jobs is definitely an important step in the hiring process. There are some employers out there that don’t take part in drug testing because they’re wary of using resources for it’s implementation, but that’s most certainly a mistake. There are a variety…

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Get started with the process of employment drug testing and analysis

US Department of Labor, the economy can lose up to $246 billion each year due to substance abuse. Don’t let your company become a statistic. If you understand the necessities of a drug screening program already and are planning on starting employment drug testing in your workplace, there are several factors that you should keep…

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What is a 9-panel drug test?

23.9 million Americans use drugs, there is clearly a growing need for drug testing – and that’s where we can help. How the 9-panel drug test works Most 9-panel drug tests are urine analysis kits that let you see whether someone has drugs in their system or not. A urinalysis is one of the best…

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Oklahoma to initiate drug tests for welfare applicants

House Bill 2388, that requires welfare applicants to be screened for possible drug use and drug tested upon suspicion they are using. The screening requirement is designed to surmount constitutional objections to mandatory, suspicionless drug testing of public benefits applicants and recipients. Several other states have passed public benefits drug testing laws with a screening…

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Employer's Guide: Drug screening for jobs

17.2 million drug abusers in the US, 12.9 million were employed either full or part time. In addition, 10 to 20% of workers who died on the job tested positive for alcohol or other drugs. And according to statistics on drug abuse by American workers, workplace drug and alcohol use costs U.S. businesses an estimated…

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Montana bill HB 197 would expand drug and alcohol testing

last week that would expand drug and alcohol testing to all working people in the state. Bill sponsor, Republican Champ Edmunds of Missoula says the bill will help reduce workers compensation rates for employers. Edmunds says, “This only allows, it doesn’t require drug testing. It just allows drug testing, the same way it does now…

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UK teachers strike over random drug testing policy

Teachers at an independent special school in the UK are on strike after one of them was asked to take a random drugs test. Eleven teachers at the Alderwasley Hall School, which is a residential centre as well as a school, took action last week. Their union, the NASUWT, says one teacher was suspended after…

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