Workplace Random Drug And Alcohol Testing | MacLeod Law Firm https://macleodlawfirm.ca Employment & Labour Lawyers Tue, 16 Mar 2021 16:03:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://macleodlawfirm.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cropped-MacLeod-Law-Firm-icon-60x60.jpg Workplace Random Drug And Alcohol Testing | MacLeod Law Firm https://macleodlawfirm.ca 32 32 The Latest on the Legality of Random Drug & Alcohol Testing https://macleodlawfirm.ca/the-latest-on-the-legality-of-random-drug-and-alcohol-testing/ Tue, 20 Feb 2018 14:18:03 +0000 http://www.macleodlawfirm.ca/employers/?p=4512 In 2013, the issue of whether an employer can unilaterally implement random drug testing was addressed by the Supreme Court of Canada. Bottom line: there are very few instances when random drug testing will be permitted. This blog summarizes a recent arbitration award where a union challenged an employer’s random drug testing policy at a coal mine. The Facts The arbitrator found that anyone…

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]]> How to Get Away with Drug and Alcohol Testing in the Workplace https://macleodlawfirm.ca/how-to-get-away-with-drug-and-alcohol-testing-in-the-workplace/ Thu, 05 May 2016 13:00:09 +0000 http://www.macleodlawfirm.ca/employers/?p=2805 The federal government has announced that there will be marijuana legislation in place by next spring, which should fulfill a campaign promise to legalize marijuana. Marijuana would no longer only be legal for medicinal purposes, but also recreationally. Federal Health Minister Jane Philpott has said that “[w]hile this plan challenges the status quo in many countries, we are convinced it is the…

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