| Workplace safety is a huge issue and one bad | | | | their operations or based on risk. Remember |
| accident can cost someone their life, cause | | | | business insurance is expensive and worker's |
| catastrophic injury and/or cost the company or | | | | comp is through the roof already. An accident on |
| corporation millions of dollars. It is for this reason | | | | the job, one big one, due to druggie employee, |
| that many employers have instituted mandatory | | | | could cost the company millions in lawsuits and |
| and random drug testing, as a deterrent to | | | | raise worker's comp 25% on that company, |
| workers using illegal drugs that could affect their | | | | putting them out of business, and everyone loses |
| judgment or attention to detail when operating | | | | their jobs. |
| equipment or doing dangerous tasks. | | | | All these are social issues and philosophical debates |
| The unions and the ACLU wish to stop the | | | | until we have employees bringing their intoxicated |
| mandatory drug testing calling it degrading, | | | | minds and bodies to work, where "safety is job |
| insulting, and unfair. Still, others want to legalize | | | | one" because when something goes wrong |
| illegal drug use, thus, drug testing is no longer a | | | | ultimately it truly is the employer who ends up |
| viable reason for letting someone go or firing | | | | footing the bill. A common sense approach needs |
| them. Still, this begs the question, what about | | | | to be considered here, and if the employees feel |
| workplace safety? | | | | that these tests are too intrusive, well they can |
| My thinking is that the government should not | | | | always get a job somewhere else, as they are |
| dictate if the employer does tests or not, if that | | | | free to work anywhere they choose. |
| employer feels they need to for safety, running | | | | |