SureHire Introduces:
Innovative Drug & Alcohol Random Testing Programs
March 9, 2011

Most random testing programs are used to deter employees from abusing alcohol and drugs in the workplace.  These programs ensure that all employees have the probability to be chosen and tested during each random draw.  The key issue with random testing is that in a truly random selection process a high probability exists that some employees will be selected several times while others may never be selected. This type of setup does not guarantee that every employee is tested and that the ones, who have already been randomly chosen, are not chosen every testing period.  SureHire has designed an innovative random testing protocol that uses the concept of weighting to increase the number of employees tested in a specific time period.
 

The SureHire Weighted Random Program is a program where people who have not been chosen have a greater weighting to their name. Therefore there is a greater statistical chance of pulling a person that has not been chosen as opposed to pulling a name a second time. This type of program is more effective because a higher percentage of the workforce will be picked per year, but everyone still has the chance to be picked more than once.

SureHire Periodic Random Programs ensure that every employee is tested at least once within a set time period (6 months, 1 year, etc.). With this program there is never an individual that will not be tested. The employee is not removed from the random list after they have been tested and may be pulled more than once within the year.

SureHire has created a random generator program to select employees for testing keeping the selection 100% random. We also ensure that your employee records are up-to-date and alternates are generated.

SureHire requires the following information to run a Random program:

•    When will the random list be pulled, monthly, quarterly, annually?

•    What percentage of employees needs to be tested for each random pull?

•    What type of testing is being performed, urine Express, urine Lab, oral fluid lab, alcohol?

•    An up to date employee list. This list must be supplied before every random pull. It is the employer’s responsibility to keep this list accurate and up to date.

SureHire random testing is unique to every employer and their drug and alcohol policy. At SureHire, everything is tailored to the needs of each company, because one size does not fit all.  As well, if an employer wants to introduce random testing within their company, employers must ensure that random drug and alcohol testing is a part of their drug and alcohol policy, before the testing can begin.