Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alonzo Martinez reports on employment laws and trends in HR tech. SB 5132 includes provisions to protect employees from adverse ...

The Laborers’ International Union of North America Local 955 is urging the city to end pre-employment drug testing as part of its contract negotiations leading up to the fiscal year 2024 budgeting ...

Pre-employment drug tests are used to screen prospective employees for illegal drug use or abuse of prescription medication. Employers typically extend conditional job offers to new hires contingent ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Alonzo Martinez reports on employment laws and trends in HR tech. If Massachusetts passes H. 2179, pre-employment marijuana ...

California law generally requires an employer to compensate employees while employees are under the employer’s control. In addition, Labor Code section 2802 requires an employer to compensate its ...

Washington state is poised to become the next state to ban most pre-employment drug tests for cannabis. As detection of THC is a poor way to measure impairment, given how long cannabis stays in the ...

Positivity for cocaine and marijuana is climbing among federally mandated testing of safety-sensitive workers. Positives are rising faster in post-accident tests than preemployment for cocaine, ...

The state of Michigan is considering dropping pre-employment drug testing requirements for marijuana. Currently, qualified employees who fail a drug test for marijuana are then barred from applying ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A new report from Quest Diagnostics, a diagnostic testing and health information services provider, revealed the percentage of employed people who test positive for fentanyl in random ...

ARLINGTON, MA - January 06, 2026 - PRESSADVANTAGE - Drug testing in Chandler, AZ has shifted from a simple checkbox in ...