§40.311 What actions should be taken if the Substance Abuse Professional’s (SAPs) follow-up testing plan is not written or distributed to employer? The employer should request the written follow-up testing plan from the SAP. Employer does not carry out specifics of follow-up testing plan. The employer must establish a process to ensure the follow-up testing Read more »
Limitations of a TPA when dealing with DOT Follow-Up Testing
Can a TPA provide DOT follow-up testing schedules to an employer? No, as per § 40.355 – What limitations apply to the activities of service agents? Except as provided in paragraph (h) of this section, you must not make decisions to test an employee based upon reasonable suspicion, post-accident, return-to-duty, and follow-up determination criteria. These Read more »
Putting your employee back to work after failing a drug test
§ 40.305 How does the return-to-duty process conclude? (a) As the employer, if you decide that you want to permit the employee to return to the performance of safety-sensitive functions, you must ensure that the employee takes a return-to-duty test. This test cannot occur until after the SAP has determined that the employee has successfully Read more »
Urine Drug Test Results What Can I Expect
This is the drug testing process. It consists of the specimen collection, the laboratory processing and the MRO review. A Medical Review Officer (MRO) must review all tests, including negative ones. The MRO must ensure that the collection and laboratory processes were performed correctly and that there was nothing unusual either in the urine or Read more »
HR Pros Offer Advice on Finding the Ideal Employees
The most underappreciated aspect of Human Resources might be the candidate search. The people that don’t work out well in a company always seem to get remembered far more often than the ones that do, but finding the ideal employee can sometimes seem like an unreachable goal. Fortunately, the professionals we have interviewed have some Read more »
How Smart Managers Develop Loyal Employees
Retaining your best employees is essential to building successful teams. With the right talent, a company can execute strategy and prevent lost productivity. Sometimes that talent is hired. Sometimes it is developed. Smart managers know that loyal, well-trained employees provide the stability and consistency that increases productivity and amplifies talent. Which employees you need to retain and how you retain them Read more »
5 Ways to Get a Positive ROI on Your Drug Testing Program
If you’ve established a drug testing program at your company, or plan to do so in the near future, congratulations! You’ve taken that all-important first step toward earning a positive return on your investment. That initial return will quickly show itself. Being able to hire drug-free employees will mean you’ll be more productive, have less Read more »
US Government Approves Testing Marijuana for PTSD Treatment
Federal permission to test marijuana’s effectiveness as a PTSD treatment has been a long sought after step since initial approval was granted in March 2014. Scientific research into pot’s effects on health and wellness should finally be able to replace anecdotal evidence and wishful thinking. As shown by a recent lawsuit instituted by veterans in Read more »