Re: busto/new job/drug test
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wtf is up with these drug tests anyway?
i mean, i could sort of understand it if the job was a cop or an airline pilot or something, but taking drug tests for some random job? do you also get a full body cavity search every time you enter the building?
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Any company that does any kind of contract work for the US government is forced to drug test all employees.
Just one more step towards the erosion of all civil liberties!
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That's not precisely true. Govt. contractors aren't forced to "test", they are only forced to have a "stated drug policy". This came out of the Reagan administration.
Of course, Reagan was a neocon puppet. The laws that allowed such invasive drug testing ultimately allow for companies to downsize by "firing for cause" for simply failing a drug test. This saves a company hugely, as opposed to a layoff where that company is forced to pay unemployment taxes for a layoff.
When an employee if fired for cause (and failing a drug test is such a cause) they don't have to pay unemployment taxes for that firing (and the employee is not eligible for unemployment).
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