St. Petersburg City officials, including Mayor Rick Kriseman, officially broke ground on the new pier project on June 28, 2017. Residents and visitors have been eagerly looking forward to this impressive new undertaking, and the city provided a suitable ceremony. City officials also provided updated information as to the timeline for when the project will be finished. The Read more »
$1 Million Worth of Meth Lollipops Seized in Houston, Texas
Police in Houston, Texas recently reported that they had busted a drug ring that yielded one million dollars’ worth of methamphetamine (also known as meth) infused lollipops. The news shocked many because meth is one of the most addictive and destructive drugs ever. What should be especially worrying to parents is the fact that these meth lollipops was Read more »
6 Ways to Improve Safety on a Construction Site
Cultivating a culture of safety on construction sites can be a complex, multifaceted project, but it’s a life-saving necessity. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) estimates that “nearly 6.5 million people work at approximately 252,000 construction sites across the nation on any given day.” The construction industry has a fatal injury Read more »
Drug Testing Where Marijuana is Legal — You Can Do It, But Here’s What You Need to Know
With more than half of all states permitting the sale, possession, and use of marijuana on either a medical or recreational basis, employers throughout the country are finding it harder and harder to enforce drug-free workplace laws. While testing for marijuana in states where medical or recreational use is legal can seem like a dicey prospect, there Read more »
Are you drug testing your entire company at one time?
Company Wide Drug Sweep Our company facilitates over a hundred thousand drug tests each year for many industries throughout the United States, including pre-employment, random, post-accident, reasonable suspicion and drug sweep testing. Recently we noticed a pattern of abnormally high positive drug test results when performing company-wide drug sweeps. Over the past year one of our Read more »
USA Mobile Drug Testing Announces Paperless DOT Drug Testing
December 19, 2016 - Effective immediately, USA Mobile Drug Testing (USAMDT) can provide paperless DOT drug testing to our DOT regulated employers. Our USAMDT compliance specialists throughout the United States are very excited about this new service. DOT regulated employers will be able to contract with USAMDT for electronic paperless DOT drug testing also known as Read more »
OSHA and Post Accident Drug Testing
The new rule is final and in effect being enforced as of December 1, 2016. Though the text of the final rule entitled Improve Tracking of Workplace Injuries and Illnesses; does not specifically address mandatory post-accident drug and alcohol testing, OSHA’s commentary accompanying the final rules specifies that the agency views mandatory or blanket post-accident Read more »
Massuchetts Policy on Marijuana and Drug Testing
The Massachusetts Act for the Humanitarian Medical Use of Marijuana (Medical Marijuana Law), became effective on January 1, 2013. There is nothing in the Medical Marijuana Law that prevents employers from prohibiting employees from working while under the influence of marijuana. On November 8, 2016, Massachusetts citizens voted in favor of legalizing the possession and use Read more »