{"id":39841,"date":"2017-01-05T11:15:50","date_gmt":"2017-01-05T16:15:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/?p=39841"},"modified":"2017-01-05T11:15:50","modified_gmt":"2017-01-05T16:15:50","slug":"fra-releases-2017-drug-alcohol-testing-rates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/fra-releases-2017-drug-alcohol-testing-rates\/","title":{"rendered":"FRA releases 2017 drug and alcohol testing rates","gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"text"}]},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"134\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-24208\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smart-union.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/FRA_logo_words.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has determined that the minimal annual random drug and alcohol testing rate will remain the same for 2017, as positive test rates have remained below the set threshold.<br \/>\nThe testing rates will continue to be 25 percent of covered service employees for drug testing and 10 percent of covered service employees for alcohol testing.<br \/>\nAs per a recent final rule, maintenance-of-way (MOW) employees will become subject to the FRA random drug and alcohol testing beginning June 12, 2017. Since the FRA does not yet have data on MOW employees, testing rates for MOW will be set at 50 percent for random drug testing and 25 percent for random alcohol testing for the period starting June 12, 2017, through Dec. 31, 2017.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpo.gov\/fdsys\/pkg\/FR-2016-12-23\/pdf\/2016-31009.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to read the official notice from the FRA as published in the Federal Register.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false,"gt_translate_keys":[{"key":"rendered","format":"html"}]},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) has determined that the minimal annual random drug and alcohol testing rate will remain the same for 2017, as positive test rates have remained below the set threshold. 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