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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 attorney, employment law, employment law attorney, Governor Kim Reynolds, Iowa Employer Law Blog, labor attorney, labor lawyers, labour law

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, drug testing, employers' drug testing policies, Iowa DOT, Iowa employers

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: drug policy, drug testing, drug use in employment, employers' drug testing policies

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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Thoughts of Colorado's legalization of recreational marijuana leads to an Iowa drug testing reminder

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:24 AM by Russell Samson

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: drug testing, Iowa employers, marijauna

Thoughts of Colorado's legalization of recreational marijuana leads to an Iowa drug testing reminder

Readers of Doonesbury and current event watchers  are aware that, by virtue of a ballot-initiative amendment to the...

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Statute supercedes the written policy (part 2 of 3)

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:24 AM by Russell Samson

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: drug testing, Iowa employers, workplace injuries

Statute supercedes the written policy (part 2 of 3)

As noted in yesterday’s blog post, the S & J written drug testing policy asserts that employees who are “involved in...

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Drug testing: Iowa Court of Appeals affirms strict compliance with state law required of employers (part 1 of 3)

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:23 AM by Russell Samson

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: drug testing, employer, Iowa Code, Iowa Employer Law Blog, workplace injuries

Drug testing: Iowa Court of Appeals affirms strict compliance with state law required of employers (part 1 of 3)

The September 6, 2012, decision of the Iowa Court of Appeals in Skipton v. S & J Tube, Inc. contains some important...

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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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A-Rod's Arbitration: A reminder for employers, in Iowa and elsewehere, about drug use in employment

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:23 AM by Russell Samson

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: A-Rod, arbitration, drug testing, drug use in employment, employers' drug testing policies, Major League Baseball

A-Rod's Arbitration: A reminder for employers, in Iowa and elsewehere, about drug use in employment

On January 11, 2014, a three-arbitrator panel issued its opinion in a labor grievance filed by the Major League Baseball...

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