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A worker has an accident. Someone may or may not be hurt. Perhaps the incident could have been averted with a decent random testing program, but it’s too late to think about that. Note to self: “Add random testing program to next week’s company meeting agenda.” Now what? Will there be a claim? What's it going [...]
[sonaar_audioplayer albums="91070"][/sonaar_audioplayer] Would you rather build a fence at the top of a cliff, or park an ambulance at the bottom? That’s why we wear seat belts. It’s why we cook our chicken thoroughly. It’s why we watch our blood pressure and cholesterol. And it’s why we create safe workplaces. We want to prevent tragic [...]
Flunking a pre-employment drug test shows you’re stupid—AND you use drugs. You applied for the job. You interviewed for it. You got it, pending a negative drug test. And you flunked it? Wow. Double fail. More and more companies are drug testing—even small companies. And more and more people are failing, some in a very public way. [...]
And 40% don’t do pre-employment drug screening (2010 SHRM survey). Bad idea. In fact, random testing of existing employees is a better deterrent than pre-employment testing. You can study for the pre-employment test. A couple of months ago we took on a new client. It’s a small business with fewer than 20 employees, so everyone knows [...]
Well, it wasn’t actually a bar. But it WAS a guy. And he DID walk in. Two weeks ago, a man came into our clinic and asked if he could pay for his own drug test. Why, you may ask, would someone do that? Is the math that baffling? […]
