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4 Ways Cognitive-Readiness Testing Helps Manage Legalized Marijuana
The legalization of marijuana across many states and countries has left safety-sensitive businesses wondering how to manage marijuana use without dismissing current workers or disqualifying hundreds of applicants from employment.
3 Critical Workplace Initiatives to Overcome Labor Shortages
Recently, Amazon announced it is removing marijuana from its pre-employment drug testing policy for non-DOT regulated positions forcing companies in direct competition with Amazon for workers to examine their own policies.
Legalized Marijuana and Workplace Drug Testing: Challenges and Opportunities
How is legalized marijuana affecting workplaces? How does marijuana affect cognition? How does marijuana affect short-term memory? How does marijuana affect decision-making and judgment? How does marijuana affect reaction time? How does marijuana affect vigilance and attention? Workplace Drug Testing Policy and Legalized Marijuana Marijuana and Pre-Employment Drug Testing Marijuana and Random Drug Testing Marijuana […]
4 Steps To Fatigue Risk Management
Workplace fatigue awareness has been on the rise ever since fatigue was found to be a contributing factor in incidents like the Exxon Valdez oil spill, the Chernobyl disaster, and the Challenger explosion. Many of today's safety-sensitive workplaces recognize the risk, costs, and dangers associated with workplace fatigue. For example, lost productivity due to fatigue is estimated to cost employers $136 billion a year. (NSC)
How Cognitive Impairment Testing Can Improve Your Drug Testing Program
Cannabis 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?
Workplace Cognitive Impairment Testing: Fatigue, Cannabis/Marijuana, and More
This article will provide an overview of the state of impairment testing today and will answer the following questions:
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