In light of data showing increasing drug use among full-time employees in recent years, CWC is reminding our members that the 1988 Drug-Free Workplace Act (DFWA) obligates covered federal contractors to provide a drug-free workplace.
Therefore, we updated our DFWA primer to explain the DFWA’s coverage, contractors’ obligations, and penalties for noncompliance. The DFWA applies to federal contracts with a value above the current simplified acquisition threshold of $250,000. It requires covered contractors to publish a drug-free workplace policy, establish an ongoing drug-free awareness program, notify the appropriate agency contracting officer upon learning of an employee’s workplace-related criminal drug conviction, and take appropriate disciplinary or rehabilitative action in response to an employee’s conviction.