{"id":51252,"date":"2017-05-03T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-05-03T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/?p=51252"},"modified":"2023-04-18T13:16:53","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T18:16:53","slug":"michigan-drug-testing-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/blogs\/michigan-drug-testing-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Michigan Drug Testing Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Michigan Drug Testing Report<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Workers Comp<br><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Michigan does not have a state drug testing law. So unfortunately there is no workers comp discount required by any state law for a drug-free workplace program.&nbsp; But always ask your workers comp insurance provider \u2013 <em>we have implemented a drug-free workplace, can we get a discount on our workers&#8217; comp insurance.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The intoxication defense does apply in Michigan so it is possible to have a workers comp claim denied when there is a positive post-accident drug or alcohol test. The WORKER&#8217;S DISABILITY COMPENSATION ACT Section 418.305 &#8211; Wilful misconduct of employee states:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cIf the employee is injured by reason of his intentional and wilful misconduct, he shall not receive compensation under the provisions of this act.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For post-accident testing in Michigan, drug testing policies should limit post-incident testing to situations in which employee drug use is likely to have contributed to the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Unemployment Benefits<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Benefits can be denied!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In reviewing the Michigan Employment Security Act, we find the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>421.29 Disqualification from benefits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sec. 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(1) Except as provided in subsection (5), an individual is disqualified from receiving benefits if he or she:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(b) Was suspended or discharged for misconduct connected with the individual&#8217;s work or for intoxication while at work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(m) Was discharged for illegally ingesting, injecting, inhaling, or possessing a controlled substance on the premises of the employer; refusing to submit to a drug test that was required to be administered in a nondiscriminatory manner; or testing positive on a drug test, if the test was administered in a nondiscriminatory manner. If the worker disputes the result of the testing, a generally accepted confirmatory test shall be administered and shall also indicate a positive result for the presence of a controlled substance before a disqualification of the worker under this subdivision. As used in this subdivision:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(i) &#8220;Controlled substance&#8221;&#8221; means that term as defined in section 7104 of the public health code<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michigan Drug Testing Report Workers Comp Michigan does not have a state drug testing law. So unfortunately there is no workers comp discount required by any state law for a drug-free workplace program.&nbsp; But always ask your workers comp insurance provider \u2013 we have implemented a drug-free workplace, can we get a discount on our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":53062,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"51539,51566,51568,50873,50869,50940","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[47,81,1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51252"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=51252"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/51252\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=51252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=51252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=51252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}