When the question of drug testing in the workplace arises, many problems tend to come along with it. For employers, the solution is simple; drug tests are mandatory for employment. When it comes to employees, however the response might be more along the lines of "It's none of your business" or "That's a violation of my rights". Yet on both sides, there will always be a set of pros and cons.
Let's take a look at the employer's argument first. It is their company and if they are going to pay someone to work for them they are going to want the most efficient and productive person for the money they are going to spend. Of course an employer is not going to want to hire an addict who is late to work constantly, is unproductive, and takes more sick days than anyone in the company. Employers will definitely see this as a loss of time, and more importantly money. Espe
The employee also has an opinion on this one. Everyone in American wants to have an opportunity to have a job. Everyone makes mistakes and no one wants to ultimately pay for them. If you keep people from getting jobs on the aspect of drug use, there would definitely be an increase in unemployment and in the number of people on welfare. So in essence, employers would still end up paying the money in taxes. So does it actually benefit to drug test in the workplace? Not only that, but also many feel that it violates their rights. Health should be ones personal business. No one should be able to intrude on that personal matter. Many would say that it is not fair to exclude someone from employment if they have made a mistake. They could argue that there was inaccuracy in the testing methods. It has also been proven that there is inaccuracy in urine drug testing especially. This is the method mo
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