Ray Hubert

Here is the number that should stop the conversation cold: as of this January, more than 200,000 commercial drivers were sitting in `prohibited status` in the FMCSA Clearinghouse. They were barred from getting behind the wheel of a commercial motor vehicle. Roughly 159,000 of them had not even started the process required to return to duty. That is not a rounding error. That is a parked workforce the size of a mid-sized city. The problem is that most headlines about drug testing blur two very...

Creating a safe and productive work environment is a priority for many businesses, especially in industries like manufacturing, construction, education, and transportation. One critical component of maintaining safety and compliance is implementing a reliable workplace drug-testing program. This process helps identify substance use that could impair performance or jeopardize safety. In this post, I will guide you through the essential steps to establish an effective drug testing program...

A random DOT drug test does not become flexible just because the selected employee is out for the day. That detail matters because using an alternate incorrectly can create compliance problems for the employer, even when the employee’s test result still stands. On a recent Reliant on Compliance Minute, I focused on a situation that comes up more often than it should: an employee is tested as an alternate because the primary person is absent when the collector arrives onsite. Maybe the primary...