Study: Employers Must Play Role in Addressing Opioid Crisis

U.S. employers must adapt to the challenges posed by the opioid crisis by adjusting job skill requirements and expanding workplace drug testing to mitigate potential productivity loss resulting from illicit substance use, researchers from Stanford University wrote in recently published findings. In their paper published this month, titled “The Opioid Crisis and Firm Skill Demand: Evidence from Job Posting Data,” researchers from Stanford’s Institute for Economic Policy Research also wrote that raising hiring standards may disproportionately impact lower-skilled workers, incl...