Welfare drug tests may break privacy law

Shroff said in her submission that pre-employment drug testing was required by law only for safety-sensitive roles, such as people operating heavy machinery. However, the new welfare regime would not require employers to demonstrate drug-testing was …
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Mandatory drug tests – coming to a workplace near you?

Drug testing of employees and the consequent fear of losing their jobs would act as a deterrent, Hogan-Howe said, further suggesting employers would not have to turn informant on any staff who proved positive in a test. According to a report last year …
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