Pre-employment drug testing can feel overwhelming for many employers. What are the rules? Do certain drugs matter more? What doesn’t matter at all? What can you let slide? The hard part is that ...

Employers commonly conduct background checks on prospective employees in various areas that they may think relevant when deciding whether to hire an individual for a job. Yet, federal, state, and ...

COLUMBIA − The city of Columbia announced a major change to pre-employment drug testing at the city council meeting Monday. Starting Oct. 1, anyone seeking employment with the city will no longer be ...

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 ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- On the first day of legalized recreational marijuana in Ohio, Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb announced City Hall will no longer require pre-employment marijuana screening for some city ...

CLEVELAND — Marijuana is now officially legal in Ohio, which comes one month after voters passed Issue 2 during the November general election. Now, Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb has announced the city ...

Q: After a highly qualified candidate was disqualified for testing positive for THC on a pre-employment drug test, the human relations department of our business suggested we scrap the test completely ...

On September 2, the 2025 Quest Diagnostics Drug Testing Index revealed that the percentage of employees in the general U.S. workforce testing positive for fentanyl in random drug tests far exceeded ...

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 4, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- How can Wyoming employers ensure that new hires are safe, capable, and compliant before day one? According to a HelloNation article, Kat Parmer of Employee ...

Policymakers in Michigan are considering major changes to the state’s drug testing policy, particularly as it pertains to cannabis use. The potential changes come more than four years after voters ...