Senate Expands Unemployment Drug Screening

(Summer 2017) In March, the Senate struck down the prior administration’s mandate that restricted the scope of drug testing that states could require of those receiving unemployment benefits. This overturns a Labor Department rule restricting the industries that could mandate testing before receiving unemployment money. It is anticipated that President Trump will approve the legislation when it reaches his desk.

The reversal is not popular with labor unions and civil rights organizations, such as the AFL-CIO and the American Civil Liberties Union.

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