Many employers respond to a prior employment verification by just verifying name and hire/separation dates. The reason is usually that they want to avoid a defamation lawsuit. My purpose in this article is to highlight the “other side” of the coin i.e. negligent referral. What is negligent referral? Courts have increasingly held that employers have […]
A Case against Hair Testing for Illegal Drugs
We often get questions about using hair as a specimen for testing for illegal drugs. An article on the GobyTruck web site summarizes some of the negative issues of using hair as a specimen lists some of the problems with using hair as a specimen for drug testing. And it lists reasons why hair testing […]
Random Testing Does Not Equal Reasonable Suspicion Testing
You either have a random drug and alcohol testing program (random test) or you don’t. Is your firm in the habit of selecting an employee, who you suspect of being impaired, for a random test selection? I was recently explaining the advantages of a random testing program to a company. (In a prior blog post […]
Two Reasons to Use the Phone in the Hiring Process
Use the phone in the hiring process to help comply with applicable ban the box legislation AND efficiently reduce the applicant pool. Recently President Obama announced an executive order that prevents federal agencies from making job-applicants reveal they have a criminal record as part of his overall criminal justice reform effort. Many people read that […]
Should you serve alcohol at your company picnic or party?
It is important that firms consider the liability of serving alcohol to employees at any company party or function. There are many examples of inebriated employees getting behind the wheel of their automobile and then injuring and even killing other people. While you might be accused of being a kill-joy, removing alcohol from your party […]
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