CDL urine test question.

[ultrarunner]

Similar thing happened to my wife's coworker's husband. He drove his route, came to the office, used the restroom before he was going to leave to get his kid, then they asked him for a urine test. He tried buy had nothing to give. He had to leave to pick up his kid from daycare before it closed. They refused to let him leave and told him if he did, they'd fire him. He told them to come with him. He'd chug water on the way and come back to pee. He asked if they'd go get his kid. Anything. But they said if he didn't immediately produce, he'd be fired if he walked out of the room.... he had no choice. He left. He got fired.

Its not like you can pee on command...

He should have claimed reasonable accommodation opening the door to a lawsuit.

There was a over zealous manager at another facility and the employees had enough and walked out in unison... it's was years to recover from that... being medical there are always other employers especially if willing to drive...

 

[ultrarunner]

Mining companies I've worked for have done random testing for many, many years. Your number might come up once a year - or it might come up twice in a week. Check for alcohol and drugs. If you tested positive you were immediately escorted off the property and told not to come back. And I don't blame them...running equipment that costs millions of dollars and weighs over a million pounds, can't have an operator that's impaired in any way.

Kind of ironic in that the top level of any company for years were known for their martini lunches...

In Germany the union contract for BMW provides free beer at shift meal time... go figure?

 

[Gator6x4]

A lot of Government Jobs require annual Drug and Polygraph tests.

Maybe the OP is thinking about this posters quandary.

“A gov con gave me a job offer but just told me about a drug screen​

I had no idea this was coming and I won’t pass one. I’ve been smoking weed probably every day for the past month.
Now, if they don’t care about weed I’m good but I’m guessing they do. No idea how to ask that. I’m not sure how to draw this out other than not respond to emails or wait to accept the official offer for a few days.”

 

[MossRoad]

Yikes!

 

[LittleBill21]

not sure what your worried about. take the test if it comes, if it doesn't don't worry about it. I had my license since 06. i was tested once when i got it that's it. I still hold it, and have never once been asked by the local government to retest, and I just renewed it again last year.

 

[RayIN]

Avoid the hassle, and say bye to the every 2 years license renewal, phys, etc. unless you actually need it to drive for compensation.
Easy for me to say that; I drove a dump truck before CDL existed.

 

[dodge man]

I don’t have a CDL but I did have to take a test once when working on a wind farm. The lady didn’t watch me pee but they turned the water off in the rest room and took the temperature of the urine right away. I told her I didn’t study for the test, she didn’t laugh.

It seems like a bit of a dilemma when some states have legalized weed. How do you fail people when it’s legal?

 

[BlueKnife]

It seems like a bit of a dilemma when some states have legalized weed. How do you fail people when it’s legal?

It isn't legal. State law doesn't trump federal. Pretty simple really.

 

[MossRoad]

I don’t have a CDL but I did have to take a test once when working on a wind farm. The lady didn’t watch me pee but they turned the water off in the rest room and took the temperature of the urine right away. I told her I didn’t study for the test, she didn’t laugh.

It seems like a bit of a dilemma when some states have legalized weed. How do you fail people when it’s legal?

You can't be under the influence of alcohol, drugs, etc... at work even if it's legal.
Hence, you probably shouldn't be under the influence at your job interview.

 

[dodge man]

I think the problem with marijuana is it stays in your system for several weeks. I’m not saying it wrong to take away a CDL because you test positive, it’s just an issue in states that legalized it. I’m not a user so it’s no matter to me, I’m just wondering if some employers are running into this a little bit or a lot.