For the first time in more than a decade, the percentage of positive urine drug tests in the workplace is up. According to the recently revealed 2013 results of the Quest Diagnostics Drug Testing Index, which reports positivity rates from millions of employee drug tests, positives have increased 5.7 percent from 2012. This is the first time there has been an uptick since 2003.
The potential causes for this increase are complicated, and the Quest data may raise some concerns for employers because of the legal issues associated with employees who come to work while under the influence of drugs, and the limitations on what employers can do about it.
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