Drug and Alcohol Testing--A Survey of Labor-Management Relations

TRB's Transit Cooperative Research Program Legal Research Digest 16 and National Cooperative Highway Research Program (NCHRP) Legal Research Digest 47: Drug and Alcohol Testing--A Survey of Labor-Management Relations examines the relationship between the Omnibus Transportation Employee Testing Act of 1991, the National Labor Relations Act, and the Railroad Labor Act, as well as the impact that intersections have had on existing collective bargaining agreements.

This report should be helpful to attorneys, human resources officials, administrators, and labor relations specialists. The contents of this report are organized as follows:
Notice Regarding Revisions to 49 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 40;
(I) Introduction:
(A) Legality Issues Concerning the Department of Transportation's Mandatory Drug and Alcohol Testing Requirements;
(B) The Labor Laws and a Carrier's Duty to Bargain;
(C) Carrier Survey;
(D) Omnibus Employee Testing Act and Implementing Modal Regulations;
(E) Relationship with State Testing Requirements;
(F) Overview of Other Federal Statutory and Regulatory Requirements Governing Drug and Alcohol Use and Testing; and
(II) Conclusion.