| State: |
Alabama |
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| Statute of Order: |
Alabama Code §25-5-330 et seq. |
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| Covered Employers: |
All employers. |
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| Applicant Testing: |
Testing authorized after applicant is given notice
of drug-testing policy and a conditional offer of employment. |
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| Employee Testing: |
Testing authorized, including random testing and
testing on reasonable suspicion, as part of fitness-for-duty exam,
after on- the-job injury, or as follow-up to a rehabilitation
program. Employees must receive 60 days' advance notice of testing
policy, which must be conspicuously posted. |
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| Conditions & Methods: |
Confirming test in case of positive result.
Opportunity to contest or explain positive test within five days of
receiving results. |
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| Pass Drug Testing Bulletpoints: |
All costs of required drug testing and confirmation are to be
paid by the employer. Any additional costs (i.e. retesting) not
required by the employer are payable by the employee or job
applicant.
Limited testing of job applicants are allowed under the program
subject to reasonable classifications of job positions.
There are no prohibitions on random testing and other lawful
testing procedures.
There are no limits to disciplinary action in the case of
positive confirmed test results. Employer’s policy must specify any
such action which may include ineligibility to workers’ compensation
and unemployment benefits.
An employer may provide an employee assistance program. If the
employer does not provide an employee assistance program, a resource
file of employee assistance providers must be maintained.
Information and access to such programs and resources must be made
known to employees.
The employer must provide an education program on substance
abuse in general and particularly its effects on the workplace. The
education program shall be conducted semi-annually and shall run for
one hour. Supervisors shall have an additional 2 hours of training
which includes, but is not limited to, recognizing signs of employee
substance abuse and the actions that may be taken.
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PASS A DRUG TEST IN ALABAMA
