Testing the Limits: Drugs and Alcohol in the Workplace

By Ray Baker, MD The Problem Alcohol and other drug problems afflict 10 per cent of the working population, negatively affecting attendance, performance, behaviour and safety. ...

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Workplace Drug Testing Being Tested Again

By Robert Smithson It seems that every few years a Canadian employer takes a run at the human rights-based rules preventing workplace drug and alcohol...

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Oh Cannabis! Employers Can Anticipate Appeal to Higher Court

By Ryan McFarlane On April 11, 2011, Ontario Superior Court Justice Donald Taliano ruled in the case of R. v. Mernagh that the Canadian medical...

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Human Rights & Workplace Woes: The Perils of Impairment Testing

By Graeme McFarlane To test or not to test? With recent changes to the Workers Compensation regime, the risks for employers have greatly increased.  Jail is...

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