Alcohol Abuse: 07. What Happens if My Employee Refuses an Alcohol Test?

If you're a supervisor managing an alcohol-testing program, it is very likely that-at some point-you'll have an employee refuse alcohol testing. As you probably already know, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) mandates alcohol-testing. Every industry under the DOT's oversight has to comply with the testing rules, which include both testing if there is reasonable suspicion of alcohol misuse and a random testing program that includes all employees.