From the DOT Publication Best Practices for Random Drug and Alcohol Testing. “Is the boss singling me out? I just did a random last month? Joe, never gets tested? I don’t think this thing is random at all!” Those are not uncommon concerns among some safety-sensitive employees, and many employers have been challenged in [...]
From the DOT Publication Best Practices for Random Drug and Alcohol Testing. It is the best practice for an employer to document everything on the entire random testing process. This includes the numbers, names drawn, dates and times of notification, dates and times of collections, why a selected employee was not tested during a [...]
From the DOT Publication Best Practices for Random Drug and Alcohol Testing. When an employee is notified, he or she must proceed immediately to the collection site. Contrary to the urban legends circulating among some employees, immediately does not mean two hours. Immediately means that after notification, all the employee’s actions must lead to [...]
From the DOT Publication Best Practices for Random Drug and Alcohol Testing. Every employee should be discreetly notified according to your company’s policy, but random testing must also be conducted in strict confidence with a limited number of people having knowledge of the selection list. Why? Because it helps maintain the element of surprise. [...]
From the DOT Publication Best Practices for Random Drug and Alcohol Testing. Let's see what happens if an employee is not available for random drug testing. Best Practices For Random Drug Test If an employee selected for testing is known to be unavailable during the selection cycle (legitimate extended absence, long-term illness, etc.), document the [...]
Find out how often should random testing take place from the DOT Publication Best Practices for Random Drug and Alcohol Testing. What makes random testing so effective is the element of surprise. While employees know they will be tested, they are never quite sure of when, so random selections and testing should be performed at [...]
Interested in how are employees selected for random testing? Find out the details from the DOT Publication Best Practices for Random Drug and Alcohol Testing. Everyone in a random testing pool must have an equal chance of being selected and tested in each selection period. Be sure to use a scientifically valid method to select [...]
The following chart outlines the annual minimum drug and alcohol DOT random testing rates established within DOT Agencies for 2022. DOT Agency 2022 Random Drug Testing Rate 2022 Random Alcohol Testing Rate Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration [FMCSA] The DOT random testing rates did not change for 2022. Because the random rates did not change, [...]
No. Any employee who is available to drive must be in a Random testing program and must report for testing when selected. By regulation, an alternate cannot be substituted. If he does not report for testing when instructed to, this is a Refusal to Test and must be reported to the FMCSA Clearinghouse. He does [...]
Why are some people randomly tested more than once?"Am I being singled out? I just did a random last month? Mike never gets tested. I don’t think this thing is random at all!”Those are not uncommon concerns among some safety-sensitive employees, and many employers have been challenged in court to demonstrate that their programs [...]
