Danielle Urban’s article “Employer Drug-Testing
Rules” was featured in Colorado Biz magazine on
April 2, 2015.
Many U.S.-based employers perform pre-employment, post-accident,
or random drug testing, and with some exceptions, are generally
permitted wide latitude in deciding when to conduct such tests. The
U.S. attitude toward drug testing does not necessarily translate to
other countries, however, where there may be different attitudes
toward employee privacy, in particular. U.S.-based employers can
run into trouble when attempting to impose those same testing
requirements on a foreign division or subsidiary.
In the article, Danielle provides some common-sense protections
that all employers should consider implementing, regarding drug and
alcohol testing :
