lisa marie segarra /Â May 18, 2017 Employee drug testing is at a 12 year high which is why more American workers are testing positive for drugs than they have in the past 12 years. According to an analysis from Quest Diagnostics, urine tests among the U.S. workforce...
by Janelle Lilley Monday, May 22nd 2017 LITTLE ROCK (KATV) — One of the many difficult aspects of parenting is handing over your child to the care of another person. When it comes to placing your child in day care, you want to be 100% sure the people...
by LYNDON FINNEY/The Trucker Staff WASHINGTON — Five senators last Thursday sent a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Thomas Price requesting swift action in taking steps to what could lead to the use of hair testing for substance abuse. The letter was signed by John...
Workplace testing shows Colorado pot use up 'dramatically' Robert Garrison DENVER – Employers in Colorado are increasingly struggling to fill positions that require applicants to pass a drug test, a new report shows. Quest Diagnostics, the nation’s largest drug screening company, released a report this week that shows...
Less Eligible Candidates due to Drug Testing Failures By Danielle Paquette / The Washington Post In one type of test typically used to test workers on the job, positive results for marijuana surged about 75 percent nationwide over the past four years, according to Quest Diagnostics, a...
What Employers Look for in Background and Credit Checks Why do employers want to check your background or even your credit? It could be for one of several reasons. For instance, if government security clearances are required for the job you are interviewing for, an employment...
HOUSTON, TX - UPDATE: The caregiver, Brenda Floyd is now slated to appear before a Houston judge this morning. Houston police say they have arrested an elderly caregiver that they say was caught on video striking the elderly woman she was entrusted to care for. According...
The state is revamping background checks for Nevada Transportation Authority officers after the Las Vegas Review-Journal revealed one officer had three drunken driving arrests and crashed a state vehicle into a parked car, fleeing the scene. Bruce H. Breslow, director of the Nevada Department of Business...
Changes on the Horizon to DOT Drug Testing Rules Back in January, the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) dropped its random drug testing rate from 50% to 25%. This comes as a result of low failure rates during the years 2011-13, if we want to...
In the past, new teachers were allowed to step into the classroom, prior to the city council receiving a PVG [Protecting Vulnerable Groups] form from Disclosure Scotland, which ensures people are suitable to work with children and vulnerable people. Under the scheme, which has been in...
Because an employee has greater access to your resources, they are 15 times more likely than a non-employee to steal from you. This loss lessens your competitive edge; it also threatens to put you in the one-third of all business failures that happen due to employee theft.
Owners Jim & Leeanne Mills envisioned making business owners’ lives easier by taking Background Screening, Drug Screening, & Job Applicant Assessment burdens off their plates.
After 21 years of Naval service riding nuclear submarines, we traded in our Navy life and then we worked in the For-Profit Education Industry hiring employees, managers & professors. While hiring new employees our experience using the available Background Check Process proved to be a very time consuming, challenging, frustrating and difficult one.