Drug-Free Workplace Act

By: Keiry Arroyo

Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988 requires some federal contractors and all federal
grantees to agree that they will provide drug-free workplaces as a condition of receiving a
contract or grant from a federal agency. The Act does not apply to those that do not have, nor
intend to apply for, contracts/grants from the federal government. The Act also does not apply to
subcontractors or sub grantees.
Because the Act applies to each contract or grant on a case-by-case basis, you will need
to determine coverage for each federal contract or grant you have, or for which you are applying.
If your company has a grant that is covered under the Act and a contract that is not, the Act does
not cover the entire company only employees working on the covered grant must comply.
The act requires contractors and grantees of federal agencies to agree to provide drug-free
workplaces as a condition of receiving a contract or grant from the federal government.
The power it pauses it that you have to be drug test every now and then. When you apply
to a job you have to sign a contract. That contract applies to all employees; in that contract there
will be a section where it says testing for drug. That means the company has the right to drug test
you whenever they want. If you do come in toxic to work, your punishment will to be sent home
or in some other companies they have the right to fire you.