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Can Employers Deny Employment for Marijuana Users in States Where It’s Now Legal?

By Paul Barada Sr.Background Screening Drug Alcohol Testing Hiring

With nine states having legalized the recreational use of marijuana, and 29 states legally protecting the use of medical marijuana, can an employer deny employment to a job seeker who tests positive for marijuana or, for that matter, terminate an employee for marijuana use? In states where employment is “at-will,” meaning companies can dismiss workers without…

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The Cost of Making a Bad Hiring Decision

By Paul Barada Sr.Background Screening Drug Alcohol Testing Reference Checks Safe Hiring Workplace Accidents

One of the most common arguments we hear against background and reference checking is that it is “too expensive.” This is a fallacy—and a dangerous attitude. HR Management magazine published an article, “The ROI of Background Screening,” which calculated all the various ways that lax screening and checking techniques can cost firms money—from employee turnover…

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Workplace Safety and Background Checking

By Paul Barada Sr.Applicant Fraud Background Screening Drug Alcohol Testing Negligent Hiring

A recent lawsuit illustrates how background checks can give employers the necessary information to avoid hiring careless or dangerous people who cause property damage or injury to others. As widely reported in the media, Cedar Rapids Steel Transport (CRST) is potentially facing $350M in punitive damages stemming from a lawsuit for a 2014 head-on crash…

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Positive Workplace Drug Tests Reach 12-Year High – What Employers Should Do

By Will Barada Background Screening Drug Alcohol Testing Safe Hiring

U.S. employees are failing drug tests at a rate higher than any time since 2004, according to the latest yearly Drug Testing Index from Quest Diagnostics, a diagnostic information services firm. The findings, which were released in late May at the annual Drug and Alcohol Testing Industry Association (DATIA) conference in Orlando, Florida, were derived…

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Can Employers Deny Employment for Marijuana Users in States Where It’s Now Legal?

The Cost of Making a Bad Hiring Decision

Workplace Safety and Background Checking

Positive Workplace Drug Tests Reach 12-Year High – What Employers Should Do