Section 3 Preemployment Testing

• Library: Employer-Employee Law 2008

The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), Pub. L. No. 101-336, 104 Stat. 327, prohibits preemployment medical testing. 42 U.S.C. § 12112(d). But the ADA specifically says that “a test to determine the illegal use of drugs shall not be considered a medical examination.” 42 U.S.C. § 12114(d);
29 C.F.R. § 1630.16(c). The ADA states that it does not...