11/11/2021
When employers stopped drug testing during COVID-19, post-accident drug positivity soared.
In the past year or so since COVID-19 challenged our world, a lot has changed in the workplace. Employer drug testing is no exception, which is what makes the most recent survey so illuminating. While most employers stayed the course, the survey showed that there are a few interesting shifts and resulting compromises that could put employers at increased risk.
If you're wondering about the latest benchmarks in workplace drug testing, here are a few highlights and takeaways from the survey.
Dominant trends remain consistent, with a few subtle shifts. Most employers, roughly 98 percent, are performing some form of drug screening on their employees, for the same top three reasons they've been doing it for years: 1) to promote a safe and healthy workplace; 2) for compliance reasons; and 3) to mitigate legal risk.
Lab-based urine testing, the gold standard for drug testing, remains the dominant drug testing method, but it notably slipped a few percentage points from 89 percent in 2020 to 85 percent in 2021. Meanwhile, employer use of instant urine testing-increased. Likely due to pandemic-related logistics and health concerns, it's been harder to get traditional testing done.
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