Quote Originally Posted by kknight
Congrats on subbing, if you made it this far, I would worry no more.

But the question I have is what part of this violates your rights? You work for a private company right?

It's my opinion and I hate drug tests (I have several a month, at random) but honestly, you work for a company and part of the requirement is to pass a drug test right? Alright so if you have two options, quit or pass and get fired.

Where is the violation of your rights? You don't have to work there.....
With that logic then employers should also be able to fire people based on religion, race, sex, if they like to eat fast food, don't put the toilette lid down, whatever. We do have laws restricting some things such as that, so then we have to ask ourselves why is it an employers right to know how we live our life while we are not on the clock? What business is it of theirs? It is one thing if we come to work high/drunk, but you don't need a drug test to check for that.

It really comes down to control, it is in human instinct to want to control others behavior. This is seen through religion, government, etc., and is most obvious in the work world. An employer that tests for drugs wants to control how we live our life even when we are not working. If you think that is okay, that is your opinion, but in my opinion I think it is a violation of my rights and drug testing should be outlawed unless it is to check if the employee is currently high/drunk.

A new method of control employers are doing, or at least it is new at my work, is banning cigarette smoking on the property. I don't smoke cigs myself, and to be honest I really don't like smelling other people's smoke, but I think forcing your employees to go stand on the sidewalk just to smoke a cig is wrong, if not a bit silly. Jesus Christ these people are working for you, let them smoke if they want to, stop trying to control how people live their lives!!