JD Supra

The Best Practices for Pre-Employment Drug Testing

Pre-employment drug testing can feel overwhelming for many employers. What are the rules? Do certain drugs matter more? What doesn’t matter at all? What can you let slide? The hard part is that ...
Forbes

Washington State Limits Pre-Employment Marijuana Testing

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alonzo Martinez reports on employment laws and trends in HR tech. SB 5132 includes provisions to protect employees from adverse ...
Columbia Missourian

Local union fights to end pre-employment drug testing

The Laborers’ International Union of North America Local 955 is urging the city to end pre-employment drug testing as part of its contract negotiations leading up to the fiscal year 2024 budgeting ...
Forbes

Massachusetts Bill Could End Pre-Employment Marijuana Testing

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alonzo Martinez reports on employment laws and trends in HR tech. If Massachusetts passes H. 2179, pre-employment marijuana ...
High Times

Cleveland, Ohio Mayor Ends Pre-Employment Drug Testing for Pot

Cleveland, Ohio’s mayor announced the city would end its “antiquated” rules for employment, specifically removing the practice of drug-testing job applicants for cannabis. Mayor Justin M. Bibb ...
JD Supra

California Employers Not Liable for Pre-Hire Drug Test Time, Expenses

California employers do not have to pay applicants for time or expenses related to taking a pre-employment drug test, when the employer made hiring contingent on passing the test, according to a ...
The Chicago Maroon

In Response to Hiring Crunch, University Loosens Drug Testing Requirements

The Biological Sciences Division (BSD) will no longer test most employees for marijuana. Pre-employment drug testing will continue to be required for University of Chicago Police Department officers ...
High Times

Washington Bill Would Ban Pre-Employment Drug Testing for Cannabis

Washington state is poised to become the next state to ban most pre-employment drug tests for cannabis. As detection of THC is a poor way to measure impairment, given how long cannabis stays in the ...
HRD America

New Jersey court lets job seekers sue employers over cannabis tests

New Jersey job seekers can now sue employers directly over a rescinded offer tied to a positive cannabis test. That's the ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

No payment due for pre-employment drug test time and travel costs

California law generally requires an employer to compensate employees while employees are under the employer’s control. In addition, Labor Code section 2802 requires an employer to compensate its ...
KOIN 6

Washington could become 3rd state to ban pre-employment cannabis tests

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A bill passed by Washington’s House of Representatives on Wednesday aims to make Washington the third U.S. state to ban pre-employment marijuana tests. The bill, sponsored by ...