Random Drug & Alcohol Testing Rates for 2024
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has released the annual minimum employee random drug and alcohol testing rates for 2024. The test rates are the minimum percentage of employees subject to U.S. DOT drug and alcohol requirements who must undergo a random test during the 2024 calendar year. The number of random drug tests conducted by employers for 2024 must equal at least 50 percent of applicable employees. This is the same rate for random testing as 2023. The random alcohol test rate for 2024 is set at 10 percent, also unchanged from 2023.
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Tell Congress to act on Excessive Credit Card Swipe Fees
- The average American family pays an extra $1,000 annually because of the rising cost of swipe fees regardless of whether they even use a credit card.
- Credit card swipe fees are most retailers’ highest operating cost after labor — preventing them from investing in their businesses by hiring more staff, buying more inventory and competing on price.
- U.S. retailers and merchants pay the highest swipe fees in the industrialized world — $126.4 billion in swipe fees were paid by businesses for credit card transactions, a 20% increase from the previous year.
- 81% of consumers support federal legislation that would allow for greater competition to lower credit card fees for small businesses.