Pre-employment drug test?

quest4lucidity

If they have a registered nurse at their facility then, yes, they can but only the nurse can be in the room when you pee. You never know, they might simply take a hair test.

Bobby B

its a private company,so they can make their rules-i dont know about your employer watching tho.drug tests are so anti american in the first place-i mean if your too high to do ur job thats 1 thing,but in your own time?thats bordering on communism-the big brother thing

Jane S

If the company has a person trained to perform drug testing (actually they aren't performing the test, just the collection) that's fine but I'd rather see you go to an independent location such as an urgent care or other facility that does many collections a day and is fully trained in specimen collections. If they have a healthcare professional and/or drug screen collection process on-site that person can perform a test but different states and different jobs can have separate requirements and I'm not 100% sure of New Jersey's related laws. I worked for a large national laboratory and trained employees in the collection of specimens for drug testing. You didn't say if your job is for federal or non-federal drug testing, which can have different requirements but what we used to do was put a blue chemical in the toilet, have you put your valuables in a safe place (so you couldn't smuggle anything into the bathroom), turn off the water, ask you to collect your urine specimen and come straight out of the bathroom without washing your hands or running the water (some bathrooms don't have a cut-off switch so we'd put tape across the handles and faucet). The collection person will take the temperature of your specimen quickly and will know when you hand it over if it's warm or cool to the touch. We were NEVER allowed to watch the patient collect the specimen. Good luck!

Vetty

Yes, they can ask you to take a drug test. And don't be surprised if they spring one on you randomly. It is becoming more of a standard for companies to ask for drug testing. And also it depends on what job you have. If you are going to be in security, yup, you will be asked to do more than just this once.
Good luck.
OH, and congrats on the new job.

Fancy That

I'd tell them that they can take their job and put it in a little jar. Enough is enough, this kind of treatment is unjustifiable.

Funny, the higher ups in the orginzation never get subjected to this kind of humiliation.

Perfectionist

yes it is legal if covered by their recruitment policy

take care
xx

Rebecca J

they more than likely have someone collect for you but when you fill the cup you will be alone no one is going to stand over and watch you...you just can't flush..

WooleyBooley again

Huh? I have always done it in a lab. It may be legal, what a crock.

Batman

They can only make you take a test after offering you a job. If it is in the office there should be some kind of formal collection device. He should not have to come in the room with you. If you feel uncomfortable, ask to take it at a lab or some medical office.

Life is what it is! :)))))))))

They should not watch you that is a violation of privacy. I do know when you are joining the US services they watch you when you take your test.

katie

I don't know if its legal or not, but if you are worried about marijuana, check out a product called Minute Man.

tree dancer

you will be watched where ever you go.if youre not clean for over a month-you will fail

cfhrzom

i dont believe they can watch you give the specimen they should send you into the bathroom too piss into a cup

ask_me343

sure they can

datlovelyliz

Usually they make you go to a local Doctors On Duty type of thing and do the text there since a nurse or doctor can only legally determine whether or not it's any good...I would contest it.. that's bull!!!

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