Based on an anonymous phone call, my boss requested that I take a drug test. I refused, I was then terminated.
I live in California, is this legal? Do I have any recourse?
2006-09-21 09:02:48 · 13 answers · asked by roygaddis 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Is a mandatory drug test in the contract that you signed when you were hired? Get a copy of that and take it to an attorney.
.... By the way...you shouldn't be doing drugs.
2006-09-21 09:07:16 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
If you were the only employee tested, i would say yes. But at the same time, no Judge would side with a drug user. I would get off the drugs then complain, this is what they do take your job away and make your life hell not kill you. Become a good citizen then go back to your boss and show who was the better man. Introversion over extroversion.
2006-09-21 09:07:59 · answer #2 · answered by Icarus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
certain.I were by that predictamint the position i ought to urinate for a drug try fir a interview.I below the impact of alcohol water after water and in no way some thing got here about.So I waited yet another hour and a small volume got here out.A cather hurts and that i do no longer blame the worker to refuse the cather.It hurts worser for a male than a lady.they ought to have taken a pattern from his well being care specialist because you should work out your well being care specialist the day before you're allowed to go back to artwork. they could have him make an appointment such as his well being care specialist to do a blood try IF he couldn't urinate and it ought to were more advantageous precise.i do not blame the guy because he ought to have theory he ought to captur an epidemic from their(per chance unsterlized) needles.
2016-11-23 13:30:20 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
did you sign a random drug test form when you got hired? You should have taken it, and then when they tried to fire you for it being positive (because obviously it would be ;)), then maybe you could challenge it, as long as drug testing wasn't part of the deal. You left that part out, so you probably DID sign a random drug test waiver, and you are SOL
2006-09-21 09:06:54 · answer #4 · answered by hichefheidi 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You surely can. I would have fired you for not cooperating on such a small matter.
Most companies require that employees sign a contract to the effect that they are willing to cooperate, by agreeing to take drug tests, before they are hired. Did you sign such a form?
2006-09-21 09:19:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It all depends on if you signed a paper saying you would submit to a drug test when you were hired. If you did, then your signature legally binds the document and they can terminate your employment. However, if they didn't make you sign a peper saying you would, then you can refuse.
2006-09-21 09:06:46 · answer #6 · answered by noforio 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it is legal. No you have no recourse.
But you are better off passing on the test than failing it. Looks much better to your next employer to say you stood on principal than "I got fired because I get high"
2006-09-21 09:07:09 · answer #7 · answered by Isaac H 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes this is perfectly legal sorry you refused if you were not doing drugs then there shouldn't have been any problem
2006-09-21 09:07:33 · answer #8 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends who you work for. if it is a government, federal, state, county, or city, then yes. if it is a private company and it is a work condition then you lose again. contact a lawyer who specializes in this field.
2006-09-22 05:52:35 · answer #9 · answered by scififed 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course!
2006-09-21 09:10:32 · answer #10 · answered by DAVE 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋