JD Supra

The Best Practices for Pre-Employment Drug Testing

Pre-employment drug testing can feel overwhelming for many employers. What are the rules? Do certain drugs matter more? What doesn’t matter at all? What can you let slide? The hard part is that ...
HR Dive

New hires need not be paid for time related to drug screening, 9th Cir. says

Pre-employment drug tests are used to screen prospective employees for illegal drug use or abuse of prescription medication. Employers typically extend conditional job offers to new hires contingent ...
EHS Today

Cut Costs and Increase Safety with Pre-employment Drug Testing

A national expert on drug-free workplaces makes the business case for investing in drug screening. Maintaining a drug-free workplace is an important component of a safe working environment. In this ...
Columbia Missourian

Local union fights to end pre-employment drug testing

The Laborers’ International Union of North America Local 955 is urging the city to end pre-employment drug testing as part of its contract negotiations leading up to the fiscal year 2024 budgeting ...
JD Supra

California Employers Not Liable for Pre-Hire Drug Test Time, Expenses

California employers do not have to pay applicants for time or expenses related to taking a pre-employment drug test, when the employer made hiring contingent on passing the test, according to a ...
San Diego Union-Tribune

No payment due for pre-employment drug test time and travel costs

California law generally requires an employer to compensate employees while employees are under the employer’s control. In addition, Labor Code section 2802 requires an employer to compensate its ...

Fentanyl use on the rise in workplace drug tests nationwide but on the decline in NYS, report finds

The positivity rate for urine tests indicating the presence of the deadly synthetic opioid was 0.55% in 2024, increasing ...
EHS Today

Fentanyl Positivity Is 7 Times Higher in Random Tests vs. Pre-Employment Screening

A report from Quest Diagnostics notes that "employees are turning to a dangerous drug like fentanyl after they've passed a ...
The Daily Dot

‘No job is good enough to make me do this.’

Pre-employment drug testing is relatively rare. According to a study of Glassdoor posts conducted by American Addiction Centers, “the percentage of jobs requiring pre-employment drug tests is lower ...
LancasterOnline

Hempfield explores stopping pre-employment drug tests

When: Hempfield school board education and programs, and policy, personnel and legal committee meeting, Dec. 12. Board member Justin Wolgemuth was absent. What happened: The board is considering ...
KTLA

Fentanyl Positivity Is More Than Seven Times Higher in Random Tests vs. Pre-Employment Drug Screening, Finds 2025 Quest Diagnostics Drug Testing Index

SECAUCUS, N.J., Sept. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The percentage of employees in the general U.S. workforce testing positive for fentanyl in random drug tests far exceeded those in pre-employment testing, ...