DOMESTIC VIOLENCE ZONE - continued Domestic Violence: The NFL Isn't the Only Workplace With a Problem


All eyes are on the NFL‘s response to domestic violence after the release of video showing Ray Rice knocking out his wife-to-be in an elevator. But what about your own employer?


Let‘s get away from the NFL for a second: Far too little attention has been paid to what the companies we work for do in such situations. In all likelihood, your boss does not know what to do about or is ducking the problem of domestic violence.


So what have employers done in response to this epidemic? Unfortunately, more than 70 percent of U.S. workplaces do not have a formal policy that addresses workplace violence, much less domestic violence. The number of employers who have policies for perpetrators is even lower.


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DRUG SCREENING A Three Pronged Strategy To Stay Ahead Of Drug Test Cheaters


Test administrators can strengthen the integrity of their programs by understanding the latest trends in drug test cheating and by ensuring that all appropriate precautions are taken every time a sample is collected. In order to beat cheaters at their own game, it is important to know what you're looking for in terms of a urine sample that is not right. Labs primarily look at two


things when confirming the validity of a urine specimen: creatinine, which is present in all urine; and specific gravity, the urine‘s density.


A ―dilute specimen‖ will have creatinine and specific gravity values that are lower than what normally would be found in human urine. A ―substituted specimen‖ typically will have creatinine and specific gravity values that are either so diminished or so divergent that they are not consistent with regular human urine.


There are three main categories of actions designed to defeat the cheater: precautions, validity testing, and consequences.


Read more NFL Revises its Drug Testing Policy – Should You?


Dealing with drug use in the workplace is something almost all employers‘ are thinking about these days. This week, the Colorado Supreme Court is hearing a case that tackles the issue of workers using medical marijuana, and several states are moving closer to their own legalization votes.


In the midst of all this, the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) voted to accept a new drug testing policy, which brings some pretty significant changes regarding the use of marijuana and human growth hormone.


Once the new agreement is finalized, the NFL will officially start testing players for HGH, a performance enhancing supplement. HGH is used with steroids, which have been off limits for years. There are known ways of getting around steroid testing, but the league says finding HGH is another way to confirm the use of prohibited substances.


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