Legislation will provide guidelines for hair-based drug testing of commercial drivers
Tags:Under the recently signed Fixing America’s Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, entities regulated by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration will be permitted to conduct hair-based drug testing for both pre-employment and random drug testing. Read More
FMCSA lowers minimum annual random drug testing percentage rate
Tags:The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) announced on Dec. 21 that effective Jan. 1, 2016, the minimum annual random drug testing percentage rate for drivers subject to DOT-testing rules will decrease to 25 percent. Read More
Alere eScreen receives approval from DOT to electronically process drug tests
Tags:As an Alere eScreen partner, Truescreen will soon be able to conduct DOT-regulated drug tests using the newly-approved electronic custody and control forms (eCCFs) through the Alere eScreen platform at over 3,000 sites nationwide. Read More
Ruling claims Connecticut drug testing laws apply only to urinalysis drug tests
Tags:The ruling was made in the case of Schofield v. Loureiro Engineering Associates, Inc., in which the plaintiff was terminated as a result of a pre-employment hair analysis drug test – a practice that he claimed was a violation of state drug testing laws. Read More