Legalized marijuana is changing the way businesses manage their workforce. In this article, we will explore the big questions and provide options that can help companies navigate these uncharted waters. Social and cultural attitudes towards marijuana are becoming...
Marijuana has been legalized in our state. How do we adjust our drug-testing program to avoid penalizing workers for legal consumption that does not impact their alertness and safety at work? Our random drug tests are time-consuming and don’t seem to be...
This article will provide an overview of the state of impairment testing today and will answer the following questions: 1. What is impairment testing? 2. What’s the history of impairment testing? a. Increasing Awareness of Workplace Fatigue b. Early...
Plane crashes, especially when a commercial airline is involved, attract more attention than many other types of industrial accidents. Fortunately, aviation accidents are relatively rare, but when they do occur, 80% are a result of human error, and of those, an...
Drug testing’s limitations as a safety measure have been firmly established. Yet despite experiencing these limitations, companies have continued relying on drug testing, considering it to be the only tool that can have any affect in combating impairment in their...
Even though there is plenty of information showing the serious risk that fatigue presents, it is not commonly recognized as the significant risk to safety and productivity that it really is–at least not until a fatigue-related safety incident occurs in our...
