{"id":24854,"date":"2015-04-16T09:54:55","date_gmt":"2015-04-16T14:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/?p=24854"},"modified":"2015-04-16T09:54:55","modified_gmt":"2015-04-16T14:54:55","slug":"fta-lists-alcohol-drug-testing-rates-for-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/fta-lists-alcohol-drug-testing-rates-for-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"FTA Lists Alcohol, Drug-Testing Rates for 2015","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Acting Federal Transit Administrator Therese McMillan has determined that the random drug-testing rate will remain at 25 percent for 2015 and the random alcohol-testing rate for 2015 will remain at 10 percent for transit employees performing safety-sensitive functions, according to the Federal Register.<br \/>\nThe determination was made due to a \u201cpositive rate\u201d lower than one percent for random drug test data for the past two years. The random alcohol violation rate was lower than 0.5 percent for the last two years.<br \/>\nThe random drug rates for the two preceding years are 0.74 percent for 2013 and 0.87 percent for 2014. The random alcohol rates for the two preceding years are 0.12 percent for 2013 and 0.14 percent for 2014.<br \/>\nOn Jan. 1, 1995, FTA required large transit employers to begin drug and alcohol testing employees performing safety-sensitive functions and submit annual reports by March 15 of each year beginning in 1996. The annual report includes the number of employees who had a verified positive for the use of prohibited drugs, and the number of employees who tested positive for the misuse of alcohol during the reported year.<br \/>\nThe original rules required employers to conduct random drug tests at a rate equivalent to at least 50 percent of their total number of safety-sensitive employees for prohibited drug use and at least 25 percent for the misuse of alcohol.<br \/>\nHowever, the rules provided the drug random testing rate may be lowered to 25 percent if the \u2018\u2018positive rate\u2019\u2019 for the entire transit industry is less than one percent for two preceding consecutive years. The alcohol provisions provided the random rate may be lowered to 10 percent if the \u2018\u2018violation rate\u2019\u2019 for the entire transit industry was less than 0.5 percent for two consecutive years.<br \/>\nClick\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.gpo.gov\/fdsys\/pkg\/FR-2015-03-18\/pdf\/2015-06225.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>\u00a0to review the Federal Register notice.<br \/>\nThe U.S. Department of Transportation provides answers to employees&#8217; Frequently Asked Questions at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dot.gov\/odapc\/employee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.dot.gov\/odapc\/employee<\/a>.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Acting Federal Transit Administrator Therese McMillan has determined that the random drug-testing rate will remain at 25 percent for 2015 and the random alcohol-testing rate for 2015 will remain at 10 percent for transit employees performing safety-sensitive functions, according to the Federal Register. 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