by mallred | Jan 3, 2019 | Complete Employee Screening, In the News, Industry News
The Oregon Equal Pay Act is now effective as of January 1st. This new statute requires that employees within your company doing similar work be paid equal amounts regardless of sex, race, age, or other categories protected within the act. Along with establishing equal...
by mallred | Oct 12, 2018 | Drug Testing, In the News
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration recently published a memorandum clarifying that an earlier ruling (29 C.F.R. § 1904.35(b)(1)(iv)) that prohibited employers from retaliating against employees for reporting work-related injuries or illnesses. Their...
by mallred | Oct 8, 2018 | Complete Employee Screening, Drug Testing, In the News
It’s easy to find a lot of information about drug testing online, but unfortunately a lot of that information isn’t always the most accurate or reliable. We get clients coming to us all the time with some of these common drug testing myths and half-truths....
by mallred | Oct 8, 2018 | Drug Testing, In the News
Marijuana use may pose a greater risk of damage to adolescent brains than alcohol consumption, according to a new study published last week. The American Journal of Psychiatry found that cannabis had greater short and long-term consequences than alcohol on four key...
by mallred | Oct 8, 2018 | Drug Testing, In the News
According to a recent study published by The Lancet Medical Journal, alcohol was found to be one of the leading causes of death worldwide—linked to around 2.8 million deaths annually. Alcohol misuse was the seventh-leading risk factor for premature death and...
by mallred | Oct 4, 2018 | Drug Testing, In the News, Industry News
New court rulings have favored medicinal marijuana users who are trying to gain or keep jobs, prompting employers to be wary of changing laws. Last month, a federal court in Connecticut ruled that refusing to hire a medical marijuana user after they tested positive...
