Random drug and alcohol testing: what is a ‘safety sensitive’ workplace?

Random testing of employees for drugs or alcohol is only justifiable where they work in safety sensitive areas or roles, and where a policy or contractual provision allows for random testing to occur. In the leading Air New Zealand case (2004), the Court termed random testing ‘suspicionless testing’ and held that the arguments presented in … Continue reading Random drug and alcohol testing: what is a ‘safety sensitive’ workplace?