Article: Employee Drug Testing: Some Business Guidelines Journal: Journal of Business and Management (JBM) 1994 Vol.2 No.1 pp.157 - 177 Abstract: Drug abuse costs American industry and the public an estimated $100 billion a year. As a result, workplace drug testing programs have become a serious option for many companies. Federal guidelines regarding testing and laboratories are in place. The feasibility of designing a corporate drug testing program that is in compliance with these guidelines is the subject of this paper. Essential features of a corporate workplace drug testing program, viz., the policy, the testing process, and the laboratory contracted to test employees, are detailed from designs suggested in the current literature, and in compliance with federal guidelines. Developing a cost-effective corporate program that meets federal guidelines, stands up to court scrutiny, and is universally accepted by all employees is the objective of a drug testing program. The challenge can be met by building consensus, spelling out policy, maintaining high testing standards, and above all making rehabilitation of employees who test positive the ultimate goal of a drug-free workforce/workplace. Inderscience Publishers - linking academia, business and industry through research

Title: Employee Drug Testing: Some Business Guidelines

Authors: Isaac Montoya

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Abstract: Drug abuse costs American industry and the public an estimated $100 billion a year. As a result, workplace drug testing programs have become a serious option for many companies. Federal guidelines regarding testing and laboratories are in place. The feasibility of designing a corporate drug testing program that is in compliance with these guidelines is the subject of this paper. Essential features of a corporate workplace drug testing program, viz., the policy, the testing process, and the laboratory contracted to test employees, are detailed from designs suggested in the current literature, and in compliance with federal guidelines. Developing a cost-effective corporate program that meets federal guidelines, stands up to court scrutiny, and is universally accepted by all employees is the objective of a drug testing program. The challenge can be met by building consensus, spelling out policy, maintaining high testing standards, and above all making rehabilitation of employees who test positive the ultimate goal of a drug-free workforce/workplace.

Keywords: Employee drug testing; workplace guidelines; corporate policy; federal compliance; drug-free workplace.

DOI: 10.1504/JBM.1994.141000

Journal of Business and Management, 1994 Vol.2 No.1, pp.157 - 177

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Title: Employee Drug Testing: Some Business Guidelines

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