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Negotiating the contested terrain of drug testing in the Australian workplace

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posted on 2005-09-01, 00:00 authored by P Holland, Amanda PymanAmanda Pyman, J Teicher
Alcohol and illicit substance abuse in the workplace is an important human resource and industrial relations issue. Although more sophisticated measures have been developed to test and monitor drug use in the workplace, and despite tacit union support on occupational health and safety grounds, the implementation of drug testing procedures remains contentious. This paper examines the arguments for and against drug testing in the workplace using an Australian case study where drug testing resulted in industrial disputation that led to legal intervention and remedy.

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Journal

Journal of industrial relations

Volume

47

Issue

3

Pagination

326 - 338

Publisher

Sage

Location

London, Eng.

ISSN

0022-1856

eISSN

1472-9296

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal; C Journal article

Copyright notice

2005, Sage

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