Tag: drug and alcohol testing
Supreme Court ruling a victory for workers’ privacy rights
Decision reaffirms union’s stance against random drug and alcohol testing EDMONTON – Today’s Supreme Court ruling is a major victory in the fight against random and arbitrary privacy violations through […]
Read more »Workplace random alcohol tests rejected by top court
Supreme Court says Irving pulp mill’s random testing policy has ‘severe’ impact on privacy The Supreme Court of Canada has overturned a company’s right to impose mandatory, random alcohol testing […]
Read more »Suncor Drug Testing: Energy Giant And Union Local 707 Back In Court
/Suncor Energy’s attempt to randomly test thousands of its oilsands workers for drugs and alcohol is back under scrutiny as proceedings began again this week. Arguments are being heard in […]
Read more »Alberta Federation of Labour lauds ruling that protects worker privacy
Injunction against drug testing upheld by Court of Queen’s Bench Edmonton – The Alberta Federation of Labour (AFL) is calling a ruling that protects workers in the oil sands from […]
Read more »Suncor can’t do random drug tests on workers, court rules
The Canadian Press Published Wednesday, November 28, 2012 7:26PM EST EDMONTON — Alberta’s top court has dismissed an appeal by Suncor Energy over its plan to randomly test thousands of […]
Read more »Appeal court strikes down Suncor testing plan
Alberta’s Court of Appeal has struck down a plan by energy company Suncor to randomly test thousands of workers for drugs and alcohol. The court said in the decision that […]
Read more »Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing (2006)
Workplace Drug and Alcohol Testing Policy Statement (Oct 2006) The issue of drug and alcohol testing in the workplace is an evolving area of employment law. It is also a […]
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