I attended the make up meeting for my place of employment tonight, and one of the first topics they talked about was the revisions to the employee handbook. Then, my worst nightmare came true: one of the revisions they made was that as of January 1, 2007, they will be administering random drug tests to all employees!

When they first said that, I was raging inside, as it is my belief that random drug tests are in invasion of privacy and a way for employers to control what employees do outside of work, which is a violation of my personal rights. I realize that I live in Black Hawk County, Iowa, the number one meth producing county in Iowa, which is third in the nation in meth production and they want to keep the meth users and hard drug abusers from working in their homes, but they fail to realize that this also affects users of this harmless plant.

After that bomb was dropped, they also said that instead of a rehabilitation period being offered like in the previous policy, the rehab only applies if you test positive for alcohol, meaning you would have to be drunk at work, in which case you have a rehab period of 30 days. Testing positive for ANY drug results in immediate termination.

I'm sure many of you have had experiences with smoking while working for an employer that does randoms and I am looking to hear some. Quitting is not something that I really want to do, because me smoking marijuana does not affect my job performance or my overall quality of life in any way, nor do I smoke while I am at work. The test I would have to take if randomly selected is a urine test. I need your help to fight this injustice!

Sincerely,
dejayou30
dejayou30 Reviewed by dejayou30 on . New Drug/Alcohol Policy at my job now allows random drug testing I attended the make up meeting for my place of employment tonight, and one of the first topics they talked about was the revisions to the employee handbook. Then, my worst nightmare came true: one of the revisions they made was that as of January 1, 2007, they will be administering random drug tests to all employees! When they first said that, I was raging inside, as it is my belief that random drug tests are in invasion of privacy and a way for employers to control what employees do Rating: 5