Continuous employment background checks – ethical questions for HR?
The use of post-employment background checks for continuous monitoring is trending upward. With police records becoming digital, employers can oftentimes learn of an employee’s arrest soon after booking. But does […]
When drug testing, manufacturers should consider employee use of prescriptions
Coming up on the two-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic, it should not come as a surprise drug use has surged in the U.S. According to a report last month […]
To test or not to test: Considerations for employers pondering cannabis testing
Excerpted from a Seyfarth Shaw LLP blog by Jennifer L. Mora The latest Gallup poll shows 68% of Americans support cannabis legalization. Further, the rate of positive cannabis test results […]
Substance abuse has increased during the pandemic and remote work
Excerpted from an SHRM Blog by Lin Grensing-Pophal When COVID-19 emerged in early 2020, millions of employees suddenly found themselves working from home—and many will likely continue to do so […]