2023 DOT Random Drug Tests Decrease for Pipeline Hazmat Employees
PHMSA annual random drug testing rate for Railway Maintenance (MOW) employees will drop from 50% to 25% in 2023. All others stay the same. Each year, the DOT evaluates the…
PHMSA annual random drug testing rate for Railway Maintenance (MOW) employees will drop from 50% to 25% in 2023. All others stay the same. Each year, the DOT evaluates the…
According to CDC data over the last 7 years, Pennsylvania’s drug overdose mortality rate has doubled, from 21.9 deaths per 100,000 people in 2014 to 42.4 in 2020. The most…
According to studies from the National Association of Professional Background Screeners, more than 90% of employers do some type of criminal background check on applicants, and they can reject you…
We have all seen fake urine sold at gas stations or heard about people trying to cheat a drug test. However, it is hard to measure how many people try…
An MRO determines if there is a legitimate medical explanation for laboratory confirmed positive, adulterated, substituted and invalid drug test results. If your company has a drug testing program, you…
For the last twenty years, scientific research has been trying to understand how marijuana affects the body, the mind, and its role in workplace safety. While there were legal issues…
The MORE Act is in the news again. On April 1, 2022, the House passed the Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement (MORE) Act, which would, if also passed in the…
While urine drug testing has been the industry standard for decades, oral saliva testing will soon become a new option as a federal drug testing method, likely in 2023. But…
Unraveling the truck driver drug testing and driver shortage “problem”. With the rise of the CDL Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse database, we now have a much clearer picture of DOT…
Philadelphia joins other cities that provide workplace protections for marijuana users, including Atlanta, New York City and Washington, D.C. who all have recently banned pre-employment marijuana screening for most jobs.…