Small Colorado Businesses Drug Testing Employees More

DENVER - May 20, 2015 - PRLog -- Denver, Colorado – May 20, 2015 - Since the enactment of the Colorado Amendment 64 legalizing marijuana in 2012, the Denver DNA & Drug Center has seen an uptick in workplace drug testing by smaller, independent businesses in the home care, para-transit, and legal sectors. “Smaller businesses have the most liability where an employee under the influence of marijuana is not an option because it could mean the end of their business if that employee has an accident on the job or endangers their clients,” says Tiffany Baker, owner of the DenverDNA & DrugCenter.

With marijuana now being legal in the state of Colorado, but not federally, it has caused several issues for small business employers in terms of workers compensation, insurance liability and overall stability of a company. “Project start times are being delayed until employees are tested which is costing employers time and money. Most of our small business clients are even making the prospective employers pay for the testing out of their own pockets to minimize expense to the company itself.” Located in southeast Denver, the Denver DNA & Drug Center (www.denverdnacenter.com) provides employers with drug and alcohol testing that can be used for Pre-Employment, Post-Accident, Periodic Medical, Reasonable Cause, Random, or Baseline testing. “All our test cups are FDA 510(k) cleared with very low screening and confirmation cut off levels. Therefore, “if there is even the slightest trace of marijuana in an employee’s system we will detect it,” says Tiffany Baker.

Small business owners with employees 1-50 are the most vulnerable because they typically have the lowest amount of liability coverage and paying to drug test employees on a regular basis can be costly. “Employers need to test employees on a weekly basis to detect a social smoker, a person who occasionally smokes here and there. In my opinion, even an occasional smoker can put a company at risk especially companies that deal with the welfare of their customers…example transporting paraplegics around town,” says Tiffany Baker. To help out we provide peace of mind confirmative evidence of use and defensible results at low costs to make the workplace safer.