December 29, 2016                                                                          Issue #143
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Carman O'Leary, Editor
Allen Lund Company
Marcom - Los Angeles Office
(800) 475-LUND (5863)
The Allen Lund Company would like to thank  carriers: Elite Refrigerated Express Inc., 
J & E Arias Transport Inc. and Wanship Enterprises, LLC for providing transportation for the  Navidad en El Barrio & Society of St. Vincent de Paul event held on December 10th & 17th, 2016. The events were a huge success with many thankful families. 
The Future of Pre-employment Drug Screening 
Hair follicle testing is the future of pre-employment drug screening in our industry.  Currently the only requirement that the FMCSA recognizes for pre-employment  drug testing is a urinalysis test. Trucking associations are pushing for driver safety and security and is petitioning to have this changed to allow hair follicle testing to become the new standard for drug testing. As many as 85% of drug users identified through hair testing will pass a urinalysis test. These numbers are staggering when it comes to the safety of our roadways. Currently it is also illegal to share hair test results with other employers which allows habitual drug and alcohol users to simply move on to another company if they fail a hair test for pre-employment.

Hair testing has been controversial in that the opinion is split between trucking associations and labor groups. Larger trucking companies such as Schnieider National and J.B Hunt Transport Services have already been utilizing hair follicle testing. Currently DOT doesn't recognize hair follicle testing as an alternative to the urine test. There is a question of false positives with hair testing and the concern of smaller carriers getting a bad rep for continuing with urinalysis testing to cut down costs.

Hair testing is more reliable than urinalysis but it comes at a cost. A typical hair test costs around $75 per test while a urinalysis test costs around $35. However, companies can potentially save money over time by keeping drug users off the streets and not handling equipment.  At the very least, the test results need to be able to be shared between companies so that the general public as well as other drivers on the roadways remain safe.

Jessica Annis
Transportation Broker, Savannah
Jessica Annis  has been with the Allen Lund Company for five years, since ALC Savannah opened. Annis is currently a Transportation Broker and earned a Bachelors of Science degree in Biology from Armstrong Atlantic State University.




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