One reason for a drug-free workplace policy is employee safety. But how do the growing number of state medical marijuana laws factor into this?
Tags: Dish Network, medical marijuana, recreational marijuana laws
To watch or not to watch: That used to be the question when it came to collecting urine samples for drug testing. That problem may be eliminated with newer screening tests, according to Quest Diagnostics, which has released new data on positive rates for applicants and workers.
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Tags: drug testing, marijuana, oral drug test, Quest diagnostics, urine sample
How do you deal with a suspicion that a worker is abusing drugs or alcohol without running afoul of the law?
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Tags: abusing drugs, employee assistance program, improvement plan, substance abuse
A new government report corroborates previous statistics that show methamphetamine use may be rising in the U.S. after dropping for several years.
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Tags: Government Accountability Office, methamphetamine, pseudoephedrine, Quest diagnostics
An effort has stalled in one state to clear up conflicting portions of its workers’ comp law about drunk/drugged employees who are injured. This raises the question: Can impaired employees get comp benefits when they’re injured?
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Tags: drunk high, fell off garbage truck, New Mexico, Workers' comp
Is testing positive for pot enough to disqualify an injured employee from receiving workers’ comp benefits?
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Tags: drug test, marijuana, testing positive for pot, Workers' comp
By your clicks, we’ve determined the top 10 stories on Safety News Alert for 2012. They range from a debate about “safety first,” to release of a major new OSHA standard, to the issue of alcohol use at work.
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Tags: Mike Rowe, OSHA hazcom standard, Top 10 safety stories of 2012, Workers' comp
Imagine this: “Joe,” your employee, suffers an injury at your company holiday party that incapacitates him. Will his injuries and time off be covered by workers’ comp?
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Tags: alcohol at holiday party, Workers' comp, workplace holiday party, workplace injury
Her boss asked her to join co-workers for drinks after work. She did but while she was driving home, she crashed her car. Her blood alcohol level was three times the limit. Now she suffers from quadriplegia. Should workers’ comp pay for her care?
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Tags: drinks after work, drunk driving crash, quadriplegia, Workers' comp
Voters in two states have approved the legalization of small amounts of recreational marijuana. Also, 17 states and the District of Columbia now allow medical pot. Does this require changes in companies’ workplace drug policies?
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Tags: Colorado, drug testing, marijuana laws, medical marijuana
