2nd March 2010, 09:58 AM
monty Wrote:exactly..........what folk do outside the workplace is their own business..........and it depends on what is classed as a drug ................... are we talking class A stuff or a joint ??? what exactly do they test for ??
[INDENT]Red Earth - I really don't see how someone getting fired for turning up late is the same as someone getting fired for what they do outside work. Employers have no business monitoring peoples behaviour outside of the workplace. Turning up to work late is a work issue - what you do on your own time is not. [/INDENT]there is a lot to be said here but i am near incoherent with a vicous stomach bug - the effects of which are similar to hangover ect ~(but fully legal!) - i could have gone to work killed someone and nobody would blame it on the virus.
If you regularly turned up late because of massive roadworks on your way to site your employer might say, 'fair enough not a lot you could do about that'. If it was because you were such a dope fiend you couldn't physically get up in the morning they might not be so impressed. The difference? You would have been responsible for the latter, even if it took place outside of work. Of the other hand if you were so ill it made you unfit for work you shouldn't really be there, but it wouldn't be your fault. How many cases have you come across where people have lost jobs (in other areas) because of something they did outside work? Posting something offensive on Facebook for example? Getting involved in some sort of criminality? If you keyed your boss's car on the weekend and were found out I suspect there would be a P45 on your desk on Monday morning. But how dare they say what you can or cannot do in your spare time, eh?
What you do in your own time is only an issue if it then affects your ability to work - just calling people Fascists for trying to check is a bit childish. I think some people are protesting a bit too much and need to understand the concept of responsibility.
Oh, and as for being able to tell if someone is under the influence - is that before or after they've driven into you with a dumper druck? I certainly don't think I would be able to tell just by looking at someone.