Carrell & Heavrin (2013) mention that the use of drug and alcohol tests for employees and job applicants have become a complicated and critical issue in regards to job security. In general‚ drug test screenings look for opiates‚ cocaine‚ barbiturates‚ methamphetamine‚ and marijuana. It has also been suggested that drug abusers are ten times likely to miss work‚ 3.6 times more likely to be involved in on-the-job related accidents‚ five times likely to file a workers compensation claim and have higher
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Drug Testing For Welfare Our country is experiencing a major drug crisis As of right now‚ 13 states have adopted policies involving drug testing for welfare. Each state has a different policy‚ and handles drug testing in different ways. West Virginia has a three offense policy. The first time a welfare recipient tests positive for drugs‚ he/she will be able to keep the benefits but will be required to attend job encouragement and rehabilitation programs. The second offense consists of the recipient
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False Positive Drug Tests When an employee tests positive for a drug they did not take‚ it is referred to as a false-positive. The scientific method for testing employee’s drug consumption is not completely fool-proof‚ and it is actually quite faulty. Often times‚ drug tests detect certain foods and medicines as drugs. The most commonly used test for drugs is a urine test. These tests were simple and cheaper than others however
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ITT | Drug Testing Welfare Recipients | Why We Shouldn’t | | Michael Chiodo | 8/30/2012 | Drug testing welfare recipients has been a major topic across the United States for a few years now. Many argue that if working class people are subject to a test prior to hire or randomly during the length of employment‚ why should those that don’t have to work for money not have the same treatment? Invasion of privacy is a huge disadvantage on the government’s part‚ yes it is free money but
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Drug Testing for Welfare As of today‚ over sixteen percent of Americans are receiving some form of welfare benefits. “Welfare is classified as a statutory procedure or social effort designed to promote the basic physical and material well-being of people in need”: Welfare is provided by the government‚ both state and federal. (http://dictionary.com/browse/welfare) The government receives the money from the taxpayers in order to support welfare recipients. Tax payers are the working class.
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Areas Where Drug Testing Can Improve Safety Drug addiction have become very popular in the 1960’s due to the influence of the mass media and music. It has estimated that about 208 million people around the globe are drug users. Despite the government’s full efforts in trying to fight against drugs‚ clandestine laboratories continue to rise and cause havoc in the lives of the people today‚ especially the youth. A large majority of drug users are from the work force which is why some companies strictly
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Drug testing welfare recipients is an excellent idea. For instance‚ random drug testing would help substance-abusing welfare recipients conquer their drug problems. Drug testing would be very helpful to the ones who are not substance abusing to actually get the help they deserve. It’s also great because most recipients have children which is what the benefits should be for if the recipient has TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needy). Now there are plenty of recipients who abuse the programs like
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English 1302 14 July 2011 Drug Testing Welfare Recipients Recently there has been a lot of debate over drug testing as an eligibility requirement for welfare recipients to receive benefits. There is a significant amount of Americans that agree with drug testing as an eligibility requirement for those seeking welfare benefits‚ but there is also individuals claiming that the drug testing is unconstitutional and is a violation of their fourth amendment of the U.S. constitution‚ protection against unreasonable
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Employee state drug testing case Supreme Court of Nevada No.26157 Appellants‚ Nevada employment security department and employer challenged an order of the 8th judicial district court. Which reversed appellants department’s decision to deny respondent employee’s claim for unemployment benefits. The respondent “Holmes” was employed by appellant Hotel “San Remo” as a slot hostess. Holmes was denied unemployment benefits due to work related misconduct. Holmes appealed
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This article is intended as a companion piece to our other article on drug and alcohol testing programmes. It aims to give a brief introduction to some of the common positives and negatives‚ pros and cons that can be encountered when organisations decide to implement testing programmes in their workplaces. Pros of Drug and Alcohol Testing. Increased Safety: Drug testing in the workplace can make the workplace a safer place to be for employees and customers alike. In safety critical industries
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