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Mobile Drug Testing

Employers have many reasons why they decide to drug screen their employees.  Some businesses only drug test to lower their insurance premiums, while others regularly drug test any employee that handles money or heavy equipment.  This post focus on reasons to have your employees drug tested, what to expect from a drug screening company and where to get drug screening in Dallas, TX. 

Cutting costs is always a motivator for employers.  Sadly, not all employers recognize the need to drug screen to lower liability.  Regardless of what common sense tells you, if your employee does anything neglectful or illegal while on the clock you may be liable.  For example, a McDonalds employee accidently spilled a cup of coffee on a customer and a jury awarded the 81-year old plaintiff $2.9 million dollars.  Could your business absorb this cost?  No matter how successful your business you are only one lawsuit away from declaring bankrupcy.  If you can prove that as an employer you have done “due diligence” in providing a drug-free workforce then you are laying a good foundation you may need one day in a courtroom. 

I hear from time to time that small business owners must way the cost of drug testing their workforce against the chance of something bad happening.  There are a few ways to look at this.  First, always perform a new employee drug screen.  Any Lab Test Now® North Dallas locations offer this service to employees at $49 per test.  If you setup an account you can get $29 per drug screen.  This cost is minimal compared to the cost to fully train most employees.  Secondly, once you have an account setup you may also setup a random drug testing program.  Any Lab Test Now® will handle creating this policy all you have to provide is employee information and how often you want to drug screen.  I suggest for a business with 25 employees to random drug test 5 employees on a quarterly basis.  In order to save time Any Lab Test Now® provides on-site drug screening for $29 per drug screen when there are at least 5 employees to test. 

If your business is new to on-site drug screening then you may be curious about what to expect.  You can expect Any Lab Test Now® to show up on time and be ready to start testing within minutes of arrival.  You can prefer a specific method of drug screening or allow them to perform their standard method which is held to the same standard as government-regulated DOT drug screens.  Any Lab Test Now® will use a bathroom at your location to collect urine samples.  Should the need arise there are capable of performing a drug screen via hair sample.  The entire process should take about 5-10 minutes per employee and can be very discreet if that is your preference.

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As a small business owner I am constantly re-evaluating my overhead.  It seems everyone is out to screw you.  My home phone and electricity bill has never been off, wrong or had weird charges; however, I find an error on my businesses bills at least once every other month.  The vendor is more than happy to remove the fraudulent charge, but that isn’t the point. 

One way I have found to lower insurance costs is to institute an employee drug testing policy.  At first, I though it would be a pain in the ass and the savings wouldn’t be worth the effort to get it done.  I tried to do some research by calling the insurance companies and seeing what was required and such.  They made something so simple sound so complicated.  Apart from a mandatory new employee drug screen, there had to be a written random drug policy in place.  I was not allowed to construct the randomness of the drug screen.  The drug testing company had to in order to make it non-bias. 

At this point I thought I would start calling employer drug screening companies and get pricing and details.  An internet search led me to believe the cost of an employer drug test starts around $50.  I called about 10 different North Dallas employer drug testing companies and got pricing approximately $30-$40 per drug screen for my 75 employees.  This cost included only the test and not on-site collection.  The onsite collection cost an additional $50 per instance. 

These prices were barely in my budget so I thought I would get one more quote.  I was taking a piss at the RaceTrac gas station on the corner of I-35 and highway 380 in North Dallas and saw a business card for Any Lab Test Now in Plano.  They quoted me $30 per employee drug screen and no on-site collection fee.  Being a cheap ass I asked for better pricing.  They came down $3 more per test and we had a deal.  Although they are a national company, they are franchises.  This particular franchisee was starting up his onsite drug testing service and was willing to bend over backwards to get my business. 

My employer drug testing program is up and running smoothly.  Random drug screens are performed 6 per month and I send all my new employees to one of their locations to get tested.  I even squeezed them into only billing me quarterly.  I like to hold on to my money as long as I can.  I would recommend Any Lab Test Now® North Dallas to anyone looking for implementing an employer drug testing program.

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