Drug Testing at Workplace

Drug Testing at the workplace

Drug testing at the workplace is becoming more and more popular among companies all over the world due to the increasing percentage of people using or being addicted to drugs. The purpose of this report is to concentrate on the legal, moral and privacy aspect and to answer if drug testing is the right approach towards employees and if it should be used in the companies for making decisions when it comes to employees. The report’s structure begins with introduction to the topic, follows thru every of the aforementioned aspects and ends with my own personal view. The report sets out and considers the arguments on drug testing at work and concludes with set of detailed recommendations and alternative approaches.

Key findings in the paper:

• The link between drug use and accidents at work, absenteeism, low productivity and poor performance was questionable. The connection between the two could not be proven

• The drug testing indeed is privacy-invasive

• Drug Testing is not relevant, accurate and could not be trusted on 100%

• Drug testing is very expensive, hence wasting so much money without any sure and clear results is considered to be bad investment

• There are many available products on the market which can flush illicit substance out of the body and thus tamper the drug tests results

• Drug Testing can be seen also as illegal - the majority of employers across the United States are not required to drug test and many state and local governments have statutes that limit or prohibit workplace testing, unless required by state or Federal regulations

• Drug testing can trigger low productivity, low overall morale and bad communication between employer