Employers can be held liable for negligent retention when they knew or “should have known” if an employee has a reasonable propensity to injure members of the workforce or of the public.  Why? Because of the concept of respondeat superior. This means the injury would not have occurred had the employer not put the employee […]

Many want to know how long illegal drugs stay in the system. I recently attended a seminar on illegal drugs in the workplace. The speaker mentioned that marijuana stays in the system for 30 days. He explained that this is so because marijuana is a fat-soluble substance that stays in the fat cells of the […]

Let’s assume you just received a drug test result that indicates a positive for one of the drug panels in your list. We get questions from clients all the time about how to handle someone who denies the accuracy of the drug test results. Let’s start at the beginning. You should be aware of your […]

There is bad news in the Annual Quest Diagnostic Drug Testing Index  . Drug test positivity rates are at an all-time high. We have listed below some scary statistics from tables included in this survey. The first category represents the results of urine drug testing for the General U.S. Workforce. The second category represents the […]

Special Update: Worker Compensation Insurers May Offer a Premium Discount for Employers with Certain Alcohol- and Drug-Free Workplace Policies  Under a new law   in Maryland, a workers’ compensation insurer may file a rating plan that provides for a premium discount for appropriate classifications (or sub-classifications) of a risk of up to 4% to an insured […]