and no one irl even has the decency to agree with me because it’s so fucking drilled into the culture that these fucking BuNsInNesSes have a Right to do this because it’s a bSUsniEss. like oh yeah they have an office building so they definitely get to analyze my piss because they say they want to. sick fucking freaks.
preaching to the choir a bit on lemmy (or i would hope so at least) but still
It’s also an insurance thing. Drug testing programs are expensive, but the insurance companies incentivize it with huge discounts. It turns out that people who don’t do drugs are less accident prone and are usually a bit healthier too. This explains why US hospitals frequently test for tobacco use. It has nothing to do with the legality of use. This is why even with weed getting legalized many companies will still test for it.
People who do drugs are less accident prone?
Dammit. Fixed. Thanks!
And insurance is also the reason that you will have to pee for workman’s comp claims regardless of whether or not your company has a testing policy.
Thry test for tobacco use at hospitals?
You mean they test patients? Or employees?
As a smoker I’ve never heard of this. Also it’s legal so why not just admit to it?
Legally, where I live, healthcare workers have to change out of their scrubs, and leave the hospital/clinic area to have a smoke - as smoke can severely impact some patients health, and even residue on clothing has been shown to have a statistically significant impact.
They test employees. It’s often hospital policy that their employees do not smoke, and while I’m sure they dont like the look of nurses and doctors smoking on hospital grounds, its really that the hospital gets a big discount on employee health insurance.
Weird. Most of the paramedics and EMTs I know smoke. Of course they are not actual hospital employees.
It’s also a getting federal money thing. Lots of grants or federal funds provided require drug tests, or having been tested.
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I would love to see the correlation between alcoholism and accidents. Bet that crowd is way more accident prone.