Saving Lives and Money: Solving Substance Abuse in the Workplace
United States Department of Labor-Office of the Solicitor
This article discusses the effects substance abuse can have on the workplace and what employers can do to prevent it.
Employee Drug Testing
Fargarson & Brooke
The Supreme Court has ruled that an employer's decision to terminate a worker who tests positive for .
Court of Appeals Upholds Random Drug Testing of School District Custodians While Rejecting Drug Testing of All School Employees Injured on the Job
Robbins, Schwartz, Nicholas, Lifton & Taylor, Ltd.
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently decided two cases regarding random and suspicionless drug testing of .
Employment Law: Employers must enforce drug-testing policies in a way that minimizes exposure to tort claims
Sue M. Bendavid-Arbiv of Arter & Hadden LLP
For many employers, drug-testing policies have proved indispensable as a safeguard against hiring and retaining employees with potentially dangerous drug or alcohol problems. In states like California, however, such practices remain a thorny issue, as employers must carefully enforce any drug-testing policy in a way that does not increase their exposure to employment-related tort claims, especially for invasion of privacy.
Drug and Alcohol Policies: Manufacturing Employer
Douglas B. M. Ehlke of Ehlke Law Offices
Manufacturing employers who seek to prevent work-related drug and alcohol problems, or who must comply with government safety or DOT truck driver regulations, should have a written policy. Such a policy educates both hourly employees and supervisors on what appropriate conduct is required of them, sets uniform discipline standards and helps obtain potential relief, where statutorily available, from workers' compensation claims for accidents that are drug or alcohol related. Such a policy may be needed to challenge unemployment compensation benefit applications by former employees fired for drug or alcohol related misconduct.