employee blood testing???

[wingman580]

Hey Guys...im Jeremy. I live in Louisiana.

I had a situation develop at work last week, and really could use some advice. First and foremost my company has no drug policy for drugs. My boss called me friday and asked me to go in for a urine analysis. I agreed and went to a local shop and got some quickfix(which worked great, formula5.7).

I just got off the phone with my boss and he wanted me to go in the morning for a blood test to prove im not on the grass.

Guys is this legal??

As you live in the South this may be a dumb question but La has some Unions

Do you enjoy union protection?

Call Labor Board and ask if they can single you out repeatedly I think this is illegal if they employ random drug screening it must be RANDOM. ie; employee numbers or names pulled out of a hat, bingo roller, etc.
It may be unlawful in La to single out any one person due to race, creed, color, class, sexual, or religous orientation, etc. if you follow my line of thought.

I do think this guy is picking on you, singling you out, especially in light of recent urinalysis

wingman580 Reviewed by wingman580 on 11-18-2009. employee blood testing??? Hey Guys...im Jeremy. I live in Louisiana. I had a situation develop at work last week, and really could use some advice. First and foremost my company has no drug policy for drugs. My boss called me friday and asked me to go in for a urine analysis. I agreed and went to a local shop and got some quickfix(which worked great, formula5.7). I just got off the phone with my boss and he wanted me to go in the morning for a blood test to prove im not on the grass. Guys is this legal?? Rating: 5

[killerweed420]

Bummer man. You will now have to argue your case to the Dept. of Labor in order to recieve benefits. I would simply tell them you passed a urine test the day before, and when asked to do a blood test, you can mention your fear of needles but also mention that you felt harassed by the employer, and that there is no drug policy in place that would allow for this kind of harassment. You might also explain that urine tests have the longest detection time, so a blood test would not prove anything if you passed the urine test, on top of your fear of needles. My under-educated opinion is that the situation is in your favor if there really is no drug abuse/testing policy, but I have never worked for a job that doesn't have one. If there is one, the employer had the right to fire you for not complying with the policy. Good luck man!

Good post and thats exactly what he should do. L&I can be pretty good sometimes at stopping workplace harrasment.

[jaysway]

As you live in the South this may be a dumb question but La has some Unions

Do you enjoy union protection?

Call Labor Board and ask if they can single you out repeatedly I think this is illegal if they employ random drug screening it must be RANDOM. ie; employee numbers or names pulled out of a hat, bingo roller, etc.
It may be unlawful in La to single out any one person due to race, creed, color, class, sexual, or religous orientation, etc. if you follow my line of thought.

I do think this guy is picking on you, singling you out, especially in light of recent urinalysis

Hi wingman580,

Im not under union protection, not for this job. And I do think it is unlawful....I posted the full story on a legal forum here
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I've contacted a few attorneys, I know what he's done is wrong. Just have to choose the right legal words to make it legally wrong haaa.

Oh and on the legal forum i did keep the fact that i was dirty out of it(for legal reasons of course) They never did prove I smoke, so screw them.