A new state law that took effect at the beginning of July requires contractors working for the state to go the extra step when drug testing employees, but so far it has cost one contractor a job.
MEC Construction of Bridgeport lost out on a state Department of Transportation bridge project because it forgot to notarize a statement saying its employees had taken the tests.
The DOT also is going to need to re-advertise bids on two paving projects for the same reason.
The law, called the West Virginia Alcohol and Drug-Free Workplace Act, was passed by the state Legislature earlier this year and went into effect July 1.
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- Thomas C. Lawson, CFE, CII is President and Founder of APSCREEN International, the world’s leading full service Consumer Reporting Agency. Lawson is called “one of the real pros” as he has helped to reshape laws including employment screening permissible credit reporting, asset discovery and fraud examination. Tom is a Life Member of: ACFE, ASIS, SHRM, PIHRA, PNRRA, PRRN, CII, WAD, WIN, FCAOC and OCEMA.
