Here's information on the types of
drug tests employers utilize, when applicants and employees are screened, and what types of drugs are tested for.
Dominion Enterprises is
a drug testing employer.
Not exact matches
While evidence is anecdotal, some
employers seem set to continue
drug testing all applicants and taking a hard line on use of opioids, methamphetamine, and cocaine.
Those
employers and many others are quietly taking what once would have been a radical step: They're dropping marijuana from the
drug tests they require of prospective employees.
Thus, as with random
drug testing that depends on the
employer's policies.
SunTrust supports a diverse workforce and is a
Drug Testing and Equal Opportunity
Employer.
this is similar to
employers requiring
drug tests.
«This guidance offers practical steps that any
employer can take to ensure their impairment and
drug -
testing policies are effective and that jobs are being performed safely.»
The authors conclude by offering eight recommendations for
employers, ranging from suggestions for effective
drug -
testing and employee - education programs to policies regarding off - work use of marijuana.
My
employer does random
drug tests.
of
employers in the U.S.
drug test job applicants, keeping companies from hiring the best possible candidates.
(b) As an
employer who receives a verified adulterated or substituted
drug test result, you must consider this a refusal to
test and immediately remove the employee involved from performing safety - sensitive functions.
No, as an
employer, you must not require an employee to sign a consent, release, waiver of liability, or indemnification agreement with respect to any part of the
drug or alcohol
testing process covered by this part (including, but not limited to, collections, laboratory
testing, MRO and SAP services).
This document describes the
employer record keeping requirements for
drug & alcohol
testing information.
(h) As an
employer, you may also be required to take additional actions required by DOT agency regulations (e.g., FAA rules require some positive
drug tests to be reported to the Federal Air Surgeon).
(c) The information obtained from a previous
employer includes any
drug or alcohol
test information obtained from previous
employers under this section or other applicable DOT agency regulations.
(f) As an
employer, you must not use the CCF or the ATF in your non-DOT
drug and alcohol
testing programs.
(d) As an
employer, when an employee has a verified positive, adulterated, or substituted
test result, or has otherwise violated a DOT agency
drug and alcohol regulation, you must not return the employee to the performance of safety - sensitive functions until or unless the employee successfully completes the return - to - duty process of Subpart O of this part.
a) As an
employer who receives a verified positive
drug test result, you must immediately remove the employee involved from performing safety - sensitive functions.
§ 40.25 Must an
employer check on the
drug and alcohol
testing record of employees it is intending to use to perform safety - sensitive duties?
(c) As an
employer or service agent, this error, even though not sufficient to cancel a
drug test result, may subject you to enforcement action under DOT agency regulations or Subpart R of this part.
This proposal also adds clarification to certain
drug -
testing program provisions where necessary, removes outdated information in the regulations that is no longer needed, and proposes to remove the requirement for
employers and Consortium / Third Party Administrators to submit blind specimens.
The Department of Transportation is making technical amendments to its
drug and alcohol
testing procedures to authorize employers to begin using the updated U.S. DOT Alcohol Testing Form (ATF) and the Management Information System (MIS) Data Collectio
testing procedures to authorize
employers to begin using the updated U.S. DOT Alcohol
Testing Form (ATF) and the Management Information System (MIS) Data Collectio
Testing Form (ATF) and the Management Information System (MIS) Data Collection Form.
NOTE:
Employers (and C / TPAs) subject to more than one DOT Agency
drug and alcohol
testing rule may continue to combine covered employees into a single random selection pool.
Is it acceptable for an MRO to transmit a number of reports of
drug test results per page to the
employer, rather than one per page?
The Department of Transportation (DOT) issued a decision and order under the Procedures for Transportation Workplace
Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs excluding a service agent, Michael R. Bennett, Workplace Compliance, Inc. in North Carolina, Texas, and all other places it is incorporated, franchised, or otherwise doing business, and all other individuals who are officers, employees, directors, shareholders, partners, or other individuals associated with Workplace Compliance, Inc., from providing drug and alcohol testing services in any capacity to any DOT - regulated employer for a period of 5 ye
Drug and Alcohol
Testing Programs excluding a service agent, Michael R. Bennett, Workplace Compliance, Inc. in North Carolina, Texas, and all other places it is incorporated, franchised, or otherwise doing business, and all other individuals who are officers, employees, directors, shareholders, partners, or other individuals associated with Workplace Compliance, Inc., from providing drug and alcohol testing services in any capacity to any DOT - regulated employer for a period of 5
Testing Programs excluding a service agent, Michael R. Bennett, Workplace Compliance, Inc. in North Carolina, Texas, and all other places it is incorporated, franchised, or otherwise doing business, and all other individuals who are officers, employees, directors, shareholders, partners, or other individuals associated with Workplace Compliance, Inc., from providing
drug and alcohol testing services in any capacity to any DOT - regulated employer for a period of 5 ye
drug and alcohol
testing services in any capacity to any DOT - regulated employer for a period of 5
testing services in any capacity to any DOT - regulated
employer for a period of 5 years.
The Department of Transportation is amending certain provisions of its
drug and alcohol
testing procedures to change instructions to collectors, laboratories, medical review officers, and
employers regarding adulterated, substituted, diluted, and invalid urine specimen results.
On January 20, 2016, the Department of Transportation (DOT) issued a decision and order under the Procedures for Transportation Workplace
Drug and Alcohol Testing Programs that excludes a service agent, Mounir R. Khouri, from providing drug and alcohol testing services in any capacity to any DOT - regulated employer for a period of 5 ye
Drug and Alcohol
Testing Programs that excludes a service agent, Mounir R. Khouri, from providing drug and alcohol testing services in any capacity to any DOT - regulated employer for a period of 5
Testing Programs that excludes a service agent, Mounir R. Khouri, from providing
drug and alcohol testing services in any capacity to any DOT - regulated employer for a period of 5 ye
drug and alcohol
testing services in any capacity to any DOT - regulated employer for a period of 5
testing services in any capacity to any DOT - regulated
employer for a period of 5 years.
However, there has not been a single federal repository recording positive
drug and alcohol
tests by CDL holders that
employers would be able to search to ensure that the driver is able to perform safety - sensitive duties.
Many employees and
employers have asked «How do I know if I am subject to the U.S. Department of Transportation
drug and alcohol
testing regulations?»
(a) If, as a laboratory, collector,
employer, or other person implementing the DOT
drug testing program, you become aware that the specimen temperature on the CCF was not checked and the «Remarks» line did not contain an entry regarding the temperature being out of range, you must take corrective action, including securing a memorandum for the record explaining the problem and taking appropriate action to ensure
A Medical Review Officer (MRO) is a person who is a licensed physician and who is responsible for receiving and reviewing laboratory results generated by an
employer's
drug testing program and evaluating medical explanations for certain
drug test results.
(c) If the medical evaluation reveals clinical evidence of
drug use, as the MRO, you must report the result to the
employer as a cancelled
test with written notations regarding results of both the evaluation conducted under § 40.193 (d) and any further medical examination.
The Office of the Secretary (OST) is amending its
drug and alcohol
testing procedures to authorize
employers to disclose to State commercial driver licensing (CDL) authorities the
drug and alcohol violations of employees who hold CDLs and operate commercial motor vehicles (CMVs), when a State law requires such reporting.
What is an
employer to do if an arbitrator's decision claims to overturn the result of a DOT
drug or alcohol
test on grounds contrary to DOT regulations?
You provide quality assurance review of the
drug testing process for the specimens under your purview, determine if there is a legitimate medical explanation for laboratory confirmed positive, adulterated, substituted and invalid
drug test results, ensure the timely flow of
test result and other information to
employers and protect the confidentiality of the
drug testing information.
(b) As an
employer, you must direct a collection under direct observation of an employee if the
drug test is a return - to - duty
test or a follow - up
test.
DO for FU and RTD
drug testing will remain an
employer's option until November 1, 2008.
As a laboratory, you must permit an inspection, with or without prior notice, by ODAPC, a DOT agency, or a DOT - regulated
employer that contracts with the laboratory for
drug testing under the DOT
drug testin
May an
employer have a policy of declining to hire applicants who have a negative dilute
test result on a pre-employment
drug test?
(2) The factual basis for the initiating official's belief that you are not providing
drug and / or alcohol
testing services to DOT - regulated
employers consistent with the requirements of this part or are in serious noncompliance with a DOT agency
drug and alcohol regulation;
When your
employer releases your
drug and alcohol
testing records, the
employer must notify you in writing.
For example, in personal injury litigation following a truck or bus collision, the court could determine that a post-accident
drug test result of an employee is relevant to determining whether the driver or the driver's
employer was negligent.
Yes, your
drug and alcohol
testing history will follow you to your new
employer.
Employers are required by law to provide certain records of your DOT
drug and alcohol
testing history to your new
employer, only when you sign a specific written release regarding that information.
(2) These proceedings also include a criminal or civil action resulting from an employee's performance of safety - sensitive duties, in which a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the
drug or alcohol
test information sought is relevant to the case and issues an order directing the
employer to produce the information.
(c) You must not transmit
drug test results directly from the laboratory to the
employer (by electronic or other means) or to a service agent who forwards them to the
employer.
(g) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Part, as an
employer of Commercial Motor Vehicle (CMV) drivers holding commercial driving licenses (CDLs) or as a third party administrator for owner - operator CMV drivers with CDLs, you are authorized to comply with State laws requiring you to provide to State CDL licensing authorities information about all violations of DOT
drug and alcohol
testing rules (including positive
tests and refusals) by any CMV driver holding a CDL.
Except as otherwise provided in this subpart, as a service agent or
employer participating in the DOT
drug or alcohol
testing process, you are prohibited from releasing individual
test results or medical information about an employee to third parties without the employee's specific written consent.
(a) As a service agent, the services you provide to transportation
employers must meet the requirements of this part and the DOT agency
drug and alcohol
testing regulations.