Abstract:
Two significant developments concerning drugs in the workplace occurred recently. On March 18, 1989, the Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 went into effect. On March 21, 1989, the US Supreme Court handed down its first rulings on the constitutionality of drug testing in the public sector. This bulletin summarizes the new law and the Supreme Court rulings, and offers some advice to local government employees in complying with their requirements.