Drug Screen and Background Check - L1 visa
Apr 6th 2018, 7:09 pm
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Re: Drug Screen and Background Check - L1 visa
As a non-alcohol drinker, I wouldn't be adverse to checking for that if a company deemed it better for them.
Apr 6th 2018, 7:34 pm
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https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohol-he...and-statistics
You're going to have a mighty small job force then. Or perhaps it's time for prohibition - that worked out really well last time around.
Apr 6th 2018, 7:37 pm
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"According to the 2015 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH), 86.4 percent of people ages 18 or older reported that they drank alcohol at some point in their lifetime; 70.1 percent reported that they drank in the past year; 56.0 percent reported that they drank in the past month.1"
https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohol-he...and-statistics
You're going to have a mighty small job force then. Or perhaps it's time for prohibition - that worked out really well last time around.
https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/alcohol-he...and-statistics
You're going to have a mighty small job force then. Or perhaps it's time for prohibition - that worked out really well last time around.
Apr 7th 2018, 10:03 pm
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I honestly couldn't care less about marijuana, but the policy is policy. I should add they do ask you to do a breath test too, to check your alcohol levels.
Apr 8th 2018, 12:24 am
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I asked this - response was the same. Drugs considered illegal at the federal level, regardless of where they were consumed are considered a fail.
I honestly couldn't care less about marijuana, but the policy is policy. I should add they do ask you to do a breath test too, to check your alcohol levels. I honestly couldn't care less about marijuana, but the policy is policy.
I honestly couldn't care less about marijuana, but the policy is policy. I should add they do ask you to do a breath test too, to check your alcohol levels. I honestly couldn't care less about marijuana, but the policy is policy.
Which tells you basically nothing given how relatively soon alcohol dissipates in the body.
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Apr 8th 2018, 1:15 am
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If you want to work for ‘the govt man’ dont break his rules.
Apr 8th 2018, 2:13 am
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Dont be a dxck, they can measure historical opioid use from your hair. Its also not that they are discriminating against you because you use recreational - dodgy legally - drugs, its because you become exposed by illegal activity to potential blackmail, and because you expose yourself as someone who doesnt mind breaking some law or another.
If you want to work for ‘the govt man’ dont break his rules.
If you want to work for ‘the govt man’ dont break his rules.
Apr 9th 2018, 8:11 pm
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Re: Drug Screen and Background Check - L1 visa
So, I'm in the US on an L-1a visa.
I'm moving over to the US payroll, but will remain an employee of the UK company.
The US HR manager wants to submit me for a background check and drug screen. I have absolutely nothing to hide but I'm still reluctant as I obviously want to keep those kind of checks to an minimum unless absolutely required.
Before I go talk to my UK director about it, any advice on where I stand here?
I'm moving over to the US payroll, but will remain an employee of the UK company.
The US HR manager wants to submit me for a background check and drug screen. I have absolutely nothing to hide but I'm still reluctant as I obviously want to keep those kind of checks to an minimum unless absolutely required.
Before I go talk to my UK director about it, any advice on where I stand here?
Apr 13th 2018, 4:29 pm
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Re: Drug Screen and Background Check - L1 visa
Just be sure to ask them for their GDPR policies on how they will handle the result. We IA professionals have Xmas bonuses to make..............
Apr 13th 2018, 6:29 pm
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Apr 13th 2018, 6:45 pm
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Given I deal with our customers data this is a nightmare...or it was before I moved to the US and left it on someone else’s plate!
Apr 16th 2018, 3:21 am
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If it is a EU data subject then it is relevant. Until test cases come in we will not know the full extent of the reach but for companies which trade in the EU the fines can be eye watering.
Apr 16th 2018, 4:45 am
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Personally, I'm thankful that I work for a more enlightened (US) employer where such a test might be seen as an infringement of civil liberties.
Clearly using illegal drugs is, well, illegal, but as noted above, given that the US seems to be obsessed with taking a pill for any perceived ailment - most of which seem to be opioids, it does appear to be a bureaucratic case of "we've always done it - why are you questioning it?" (to which could be added, "Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah").
Clearly using illegal drugs is, well, illegal, but as noted above, given that the US seems to be obsessed with taking a pill for any perceived ailment - most of which seem to be opioids, it does appear to be a bureaucratic case of "we've always done it - why are you questioning it?" (to which could be added, "Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah").
Apr 17th 2018, 8:33 am
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Personally I have no qualms with it, but then I know I wouldn't fail, so besides the (minor) inconvenience of having to go and give a sample, I couldn't care less.