Sunday, 19 March 2017

Congress votes to allow states to drug-test the unemployed

Congress votes to allow states to drug-test the unemployed

President Donald Trump is expected to sign off on a new law that will likely subject more unemployed Americans to drug tests before they can claim jobless benefits. The resolution — approved by the Senate on Tuesday after passing in the House in February — nixes a Labor Department regulation that limited how many unemployment-benefit applicants states could test for drugs. The old rule, implemented under former President Barack Obama, mandated that states could only test applicants if they were looking for work in jobs that require regular drug screenings.
Read more: http://fox61.com/2017/03/15/congress-votes-to-allow-states-to-drug-test-the-unemployed-tmwsp/?source=Snapzu

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