Blog posts in tag drug testing

Iowa’s Court of Appeals Answers Several Questions Regarding the State’s “Byzantine” Drug Testing Statute – Part Two

Posted on 01/29/2020 at 04:20 PM by Russell Samson

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: drug and alcohol testing, drug testing, employment and labor issues

Iowa’s Court of Appeals Answers Several Questions Regarding the State’s “Byzantine” Drug Testing Statute – Part Two

As noted in Part One, on January 9, 2020, the Iowa Court of Appeals released two opinions construing provisions of Iowa&...

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Exposure in a Directly Observed Drug Specimen Collection for DOT Testing

Posted on 05/29/2019 at 03:23 PM by Russell Samson

Categories: Business Law, Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: alcohol testing, DOT, drug testing, Iowa Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson Employment & Labor Law

Exposure in a Directly Observed Drug Specimen Collection for DOT Testing

The headline of the article read, “JetBlue Made Worker Expose Breasts For Drug Test, Says Suit.”  ...

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Importance of a Medical Review Officer in Drug Tests

Posted on 11/12/2018 at 08:07 AM by Russell Samson

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: drug policy, drug testing, employers' drug testing policies, employment law, M.G. Oil Company, medical review officer

Importance of a Medical Review Officer in Drug Tests

“I recently reviewed a client-received copy of a letter a Medical Review Officer sent to an individual who tested...

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Employer Lessons on Non-DOT Drug Testing Gleaned From EEOC Lawsuit

Posted on 07/20/2018 at 10:34 AM by Russell Samson

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, Controlled Substances Act, department of transportation, Designated Employer Representative, DOT, drug policy, drug testing, EEOC, eeoc lawyer, employment attorney, employment law, employment legal advice, find a lawyer, human resource, Iowa Employment & Labor Law, labor attorney, labor lawyers, legal advice, local attorneys, medical review officer, work lawyer

Employer Lessons on Non-DOT Drug Testing Gleaned From EEOC Lawsuit

On June 28, 2018, the EEOC filed a lawsuit against Steel Painters, LLC in the Eastern District of Texas.The lawsuit alle...

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Iowa Will Permit Employers to Have a Lower Standard For Positive Alcohol Tests July 1, 2018

Posted on 04/04/2018 at 02:57 PM by Russell Samson

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: alcohol testing, drug testing, employment agreement, employment attorney, employment contract, employment law, employment law attorney, employment legal advice, Governor Kim Reynolds, Iowa Employer Law Blog, labor attorney, labor lawyers, labour law, lawyers specializing in wrongful termination, local attorneys, work lawyer, amended legislation, employer liability issues, employment policies, Governor Reynolds, new rules, private sector, state labor laws, labor & employment

Iowa Will Permit Employers to Have a Lower Standard For Positive Alcohol Tests July 1, 2018

Iowa’s statute regulating drug and alcohol testing for private sector employers establishes a number of different...

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2017 alcohol testing amendments to Iowa's private sector drug-testing statute

Posted on 06/21/2017 at 01:30 PM by Russell Samson

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: alcohol testing, Des Moines employment attorney, discrimination lawyers, drug testing, employers' drug testing policies, employment agreement, employment attorney, employment contract, employment law, employment law attorney, employment legal advice, Iowa DOT, Iowa employers, lawyers specializing in wrongful termination, work lawyer

2017 alcohol testing amendments to Iowa's private sector drug-testing statute

On May 9, 2017, then-Governor Terry Branstad signed Iowa Senate File 32, “An Act relating to private sector employ...

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2017 amendments to Iowa's private sector drug-testing statute allow for testing hair samples of prospective employees only

Posted on 06/07/2017 at 10:33 AM by Russell Samson

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: Des Moines employment attorney, drug policy, drug testing, drug use in employment, EEOC, eeoc lawyer, employers' drug testing policies, employment agreement, employment attorney, employment contract, employment law, employment legal advice, Iowa Employer Law Blog, labor lawyers, lawyers specializing in wrongful termination, legal advice, work lawyer

2017 amendments to Iowa's private sector drug-testing statute allow for testing hair samples of prospective employees only

On May 9, 2017, then-Governor Terry Branstad signed Senate File 32, “An Act relating to private sector employee dr...

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Employers need requirements for immediate reporting of work-related injuries and post-accident drug-testing policies

Posted on 07/27/2016 at 10:29 AM by Russell Samson

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: drug testing, Iowa Employer Law Blog, OSHA

Employers need requirements for immediate reporting of work-related injuries and post-accident drug-testing policies

On May 12, 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the United States Department of Labor published in...

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The critical role of an MRO in drug testing - Federal and Iowa

Posted on 05/11/2016 at 12:02 PM by Russell Samson

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: drug policy, drug testing, drug use in employment, employers' drug testing policies, Lisotto v New Prime

The critical role of an MRO in drug testing - Federal and Iowa

The unpublished May 3, 2016, decision of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Lisotto v....

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Colorado Supreme Court: Employer's zero-tolerance drug policy trumps Colorado's medical marijuana law

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:23 AM by Melissa Schilling

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Melissa Schilling

Tagged As: Colorado Supreme Court, drug policy, drug testing, Iowa employers, Iowa employment law, medical marijuana

Colorado Supreme Court: Employer's zero-tolerance drug policy trumps Colorado's medical marijuana law

Co-Authored with Russell L. Sampson and Jill R. Jensen-Welch For years, employers have struggled with the implications o...

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