Compliance
Compliance is key in both background screening and drug testing. Check out some of our resources to help you stay as up-to-date as possible in keeping your organization compliant.
Compliance
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CBD Oil: What Employers Should know
What Drug Testing Method Is Best For Your Company?
Drug testing is essential for all organizations and companies no matter where you work, play or volunteer. Screening helps protect yourself, your employees and your company. With statistics showing that employers lose over 79% of negligent hiring cases and drug abuse...
Recreational Marijuana Now Legal In Vermont
Vermont has just become the 9th state in the U.S. to legalize recreational marijuana as of July 1st. Act 86 was signed into law in January by governor Phil Scott who did so with "mixed emotions". Under the law, adults of age 21 and older can now possess up to 1 ounce...
NAPBS Survey Reveals Why 95 Percent of Employers Background Check Employees
The National Association of Professional Background Screeners (NAPBS) recently released the results of their annual background screening survey for 2018. Surveying over 2,000 Human Resource professionals, NAPBS aimed to gauge current views and trends within the...
Iowa To Change Employer Alcohol Testing Requirements On July 1st
Iowa's drug testing laws are considered some of the strictest and most complex drug testing laws in the country for employer compliance. Their 10-page drug testing statue has very detailed requirements, including: how a drug test should be performed, supervisor...
Fortune 500 Company Settles Age Discrimination Lawsuit For $2.85 Million
Seasons 52, an Orlando-based chain restaurant, settled a lawsuit last month for charges of age discrimination against "old white guys". The restaurant agreed to pay nearly 3 million dollars (2.85M), as a part of the settlement agreement, and "provide equitable relief"...
Urine Trouble: States Move To Ban Synthetic Urine
Synthetic or "fake urine" has become an increasingly popular way to avoid failing drug tests. With synthetic urine products such as UPass, Quick Fix, and Xstream currently 'booming' in sales, the products have attracted the attention of state lawmakers. At least 17...
Workplace Drug Positivity At Highest Rate In A Decade
A new study released by Quest Diagnostics found that 2017 continued to maintain the highest workplace drug positivity rates we've seen in a decade. While opioid specific use declined to a 10 year low, other drugs such as cocaine, methamphetamine and marijuana are...
America’s Next Big Drug Problem – Benzodiazepines
Many believe America's next big drug problem is on the horizon. But with so much attention and focus directed towards our nation's insatiable appetite for other substances, such as our ongoing opioid epidemic, it's no wonder that benzodiazepines haven't drawn much...
Marijuana 2018: A State By State Guide To Legal Weed
With all of the changing marijuana laws that have taken place over the past few years, it's hard to keep track of exactly where it's legal and where it's not. Also confusingly enough, marijuana still remains prohibited by federal law. It is classified as a Schedule 1...
Maine First State To Protect Marijuana Users In The Workplace
Employees in Maine no longer have to worry about getting in trouble at work for smoking marijuana during their free time. As of February 1st, 2018, Maine became the first jurisdiction in the nation to protect workers from negative employment actions based on off-duty...