Re: drug test - private employer?

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On 1/03/05, Ozarks Lawyer wrote:
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> You are wrong about the water flushes. Some labs detect that
> through low creatin and the absence or low levels of other
> chemicals that should be present in your urine. I know a few
> probation officer who get kind of ticked off when that happens.
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> To answer your law firm questions, as a solo practioner, I run
> my firm. So I don't make me take a drug test, ramdomly or for
> good cause. I suppose I could. But I sure would be upset with
> me if I did. I might even quit, resign, shut down the office
> and lay me off. That would teach me a fat lesson about employee
> rights.
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> On 1/03/05, CanAm1 wrote:
>> On 1/03/05, no case wrote:
>>> On 1/03/05, MWJSOne wrote:
>>>> I had to submit to a drug test 12/14 (due to work related
>>>> traffic accident) a week later 12/23 I am imformed that I
>>>> must take another drug test that I did willingly.Tuesday
>>>> 12/28 at the end of the day I am told that my 1st test
>>>> came back deluted and that I must submit to another drug
>>>> test before I leave that afternoon.I was able to put it
>>>> off until 1/5/05 at this time I will have to take another
>>>> drug test.The best I understand it that a Medical reviewer
>>>> offericer must contact me before he informs the company of
>>>> the results Can I go after the company and the medical
>>>> review drug testing company for violation of my rights ???
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>>> You don't have a right of privacy against a private employer,
>>> it only extends to the government, and perhaps into the area
>>> of medical conditions (Americans with Disabilities Act etc.).
>>> The best you can hope for is it violates the term of your
>>> employment contract.
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>>> Sounds to me like you're expecting them to find something.
>>> How does one's urine get diluted? I suspect more here than
>>> meets the eye....
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>> Thanks for the over view
>> Diluted try the daily recomended 8 to 10 glasses of water as
>> for hiding clean and sober 12 years
>> One has to take in to account of the drug testing horror
>> storys over the counter drugs eating the wrong food
>> let alone testing for illnesses of the hi/lo blood sugar type
>> I don`t think you have ever been subject to a urine test let
>> alone 4 to 10 times a year.
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>> Drug Testing for Attorneys
>> Would your law firm make you take a urine test if you lost a
>> big case?
>> Would you submit to a urine test on the side of the road?
>> Would your law firm make you take a random drug test?
>> Would you submit to a urine test after you where in a accident
>> not even your fault??
>> Would you submit to a drug test if you where having personal
>> hardships and due to the stress you where not acting yourself?
>> And would you want a drug test done knowing full well that
>> most big companys go the cheepest route and the track record
>> for these test put alot of good people out of jobs and they
>> have never taken drugs?there are alot of poor labs out there.
>> Should the same rules I am subject to,Shouldn`t you have the
>> same treatment done to you ?
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>> Your right more here than meets the eye