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Newshound
11-30-2012, 12:00 PM
Testing for drugs is a sensitive workplace relations issue. On the one hand, employers are interested in meeting their obligation to provide a safe work environment by screening out employees who are impaired by drug use. On the other hand, employees are concerned with any unjustified intrusions into their private lives. The fine issues which can arise where an employer seeks to introduce a particular testing method were considered in Endeavour Energy v CEPU [2012] FWAFB 4998.

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