As a risk control and safety consultant who fields risk management-related questions on a daily basis, it amazes me each time I am asked, “Should we continue to drug test our employees?”
During the last three decades, pre-employment and random drug testing the workforce has been a means to weed out costly, dangerous and undesirable employees. But now employees that smoke weed are becoming more desirable. Pun intended.
With record-low unemployment rates nearing full-employment rates in the U.S., and the spreading legalization of marijuana, many businesses are rethinking their drug-testing policies. The truth is, employers today are struggling to find and hire workers in this ever-tightening U.S. job market.
Employers are discovering that with the labor pool…
