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Nearly every day, executives and managers, and the in-house counsel and Human Resources professionals who work with them, are confronted with unanticipated questions regarding the workforce. Just when they think they have "seen it all," along comes a new and often stranger scenario involving an odd twist to an area they thought they fully understood. These individuals often find themselves back at square one when trying to construct an appropriate response and devise a creative solution to the problem presented. Sometimes these "Quirky Questions" can be resolved easily; other times, they implicate practical and legal issues that are not immediately apparent.

This Quirky Employment Questions Blog addresses unanticipated questions regarding the workforce.

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Category: Drug & Alcohol Use

Reasonable Suspicion of Drug Use, Quirky Question # 20

Reasonable Suspicion of Drug Use, Quirky Question # 20

 

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Quirky Question # 20: We recently saw in the newspaper that one of our employees had been arrested for DUI and marijuana possession.  Based on the newspaper article, we insisted on drug testing the employee under the “reasonable suspicion” section of our drug testing policy.  The employee adulterated his urine sample by adding soap to it.  The testing facility advised...

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Drug & Alcohol Testing, Employment of Minors, Quirky Question # 13

Drug & Alcohol Testing, Employment of Minors, Quirky Question # 13

 

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Quirky Question # 13: I read your Quirky Question # 12 regarding sexual harassment and the issue of whether the policies need to be tailored to minors.  Your question alerted me to a related issue.  Like the company described in your last question, our firm also employs a number of minors under age 18.  We have a pre-employment and post-accident...

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Drug Testing Drivers, Quirky Question # 8

Drug Testing Drivers, Quirky Question # 8

 

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Quirky Question # 8: We provide a number of our sales employees with company automobiles.  We were wondering whether we could randomly test these individuals for alcohol or drug use.  Needless to point out, we would like to ensure that employees driving our company vehicles do not endanger either themselves or members of the public.

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