Gov. Walker Announces Plan To Drug Test Unemployment Applicants

Douglas J. Carroll, Jr. Employee Rights News, Unemployment Insurance Benefits

Earlier this week Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker announced a “workforce readiness plan” which will be included in the budget proposal scheduled to be unveiled on February 3, 2015.  Apparently, the plan will include the requirement that applicants for unemployment insurance benefits undergo drug testing to be entitled to benefits.  There seems to be some indication that not all applicants for …