Listen mate, you’re a driver, an agency one at that, no one gives a ■■■■.
I’m not saying that’s right, just sayin’ is all.
Paragraphs as well OP!
Who did the needle test as it is gbh unless a qualified medical professional ie nurse or doctor or paramedic and only once trained and retrained every year I think
drivergraham:
Who did the needle test as it is gbh unless a qualified medical professional ie nurse or doctor or paramedic and only once trained and retrained every year I think
There is no needle test. It’s pee in a pot.
Tarrman:
drivergraham:
Who did the needle test as it is gbh unless a qualified medical professional ie nurse or doctor or paramedic and only once trained and retrained every year I thinkThere is no needle test. It’s pee in a pot.
Most trampers have a ■■■■ bottle, So you could always say “Here’s one i made earlier, fill yer boots”. 
teatime:
1FLEETRENEGADE:
Opiates can occur in a surprising array of drugs not just heroin etc , a good example being cocodamol…
Just saying likeWe “lost” lost a driver on a routine drugs test…after some retesting by the occupational health people it transpired the positive result was triggered by the poppy and sesame seeds on the bread his mrs had got him.
I’d love to see their faces when you demand that they test your ■■■ for the next week as well, because the positive reaction might have been caused by something harmless that you eat.
Thing is drug and alchohol tests are becoming the norm these processes would have been explained to you on your induction , no good slagging them now , the choice is there you don’t like it don’t work there simple.
Just get legal advice, at the very lease it’s deformation of character for spreading that you failed a drugs test when it was later proved that it was a false reading that could stay on record somewhere and turn up to bite you in the arse eventually.
On another note is there not a union there to back you?
If it’s procedure to test then it has to be done, when I was at Co-op anything put in the accident book resulted in a drugs and alcohol test, if you failed a.drugs test you were ‘suspend without prejudice’ and on full pay, pending the results from the lab.
A lad on our shift failed for the same thing as you, he suffers with a bad back and was always on codeine, which is also an opiate. He was suspended and then brought back in the next day with a letter from his quack, I don’t think there was ever an apology for the inconvenience to him, but if your being polite there should have been.
Like many who have contributed to this topic I would not have brought it to the attention on here would have sort legal advice first.
Also I would have thought any employer would have a independent company doctor not linked to the company to carry out any form of drug testing so the results cannot be prejudice.
Should have taken some pictures of the wet unsafe floor to back up your argument.
viking35dp:
Like many who have contributed to this topic I would not have brought it to the attention on here would have sort legal advice first.Also I would have thought any employer would have a independent company doctor not linked to the company to carry out any form of drug testing so the results cannot be prejudice.
Should have taken some pictures of the wet unsafe floor to back up your argument.
no Dr is independent when being paid by one party… fact remains if you knoe there was D&A why did you not declare you was taking medication ie pain killers prior to be testing?.
then they would of expected it, they have to give you a chance to declare it prior to testing. as said dont like it go elsewhere. but would still claim for unsafe working practice !!!
Soughted! 
I’ve been doing a bit of research. It appears that any employer can ask for a drug or alchohol test if he has reasonable suspicion that you are under the influence.
They can’t ask an agency worker for a drug and alchohol test as they are not your employer, They can’t ask for a test unless they have reasonable suspicion.
It appears in this case that the company has broke the law.
limeyphil:
I’ve been doing a bit of research. It appears that any employer can ask for a drug or alchohol test if he has reasonable suspicion that you are under the influence.
They can’t ask an agency worker for a drug and alchohol test as they are not your employer, They can’t ask for a test unless they have reasonable suspicion.
It appears in this case that the company has broke the law.
I think you’re mistaken Phil. The agency worker is a “temp” so is an employee, all be it temporary. The policy at our depot ( same names on the door ) is all people will have to have a D & A test before permanent employment is commenced, as a condition of the offer, and after any accident or near miss incident “for cause” which is interpreted as was judgement impaired by drugs or alcohol.
There is also the the policy for random testing which usually means about a dozen people on any given day drawn by ballot, with staff representatives part of the ballot, and includes all grades on the site, this is a condition of employment which if you don’t like you work elsewhere. The management-staff ratio means that very few managers are tested though I have known it to happen.