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To: Gunpowder green

I don’t smoke and never have but if they want to direct my actions 24/7 they damn well better pay me for 24/7 work.


65 posted on 07/09/2014 7:29:24 AM PDT by Shimmer1
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To: Shimmer1

Well.....in the military they do pay you to be on or available for duty 24/7, and they can make you p** in the bottle anytime to test for things you may have ingested on your off duty time.

BUT - the military can only test for ILLEGAL substances. I was in a JAG unit where commanders asked us if they could randomly test for alcohol use. The answer was a firm NO; alcohol is not an illegal substance (unless you’re deployed) and only its abuse can be controlled based upon probable cause, and that’s for the MPs to do.

FWIW, if a commander thought one soldier was doing drugs, he could not invoke probable cause; the entire unit had to be locked down & 100% of personnel tested.

Anyway, this is a private employer doing what is considered best for the firm. Don’t like it, go elsewhere to work, IMO.


77 posted on 07/09/2014 8:06:17 AM PDT by elcid1970 ("In the modern world, Muslims are living fossils.")
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