well guys, went through the whole process....The gambit seemed to be to force you into a position where your company wears whatever law suit comes out of whatever breach of privacy comes out of whatever test is done.
We tried to do pre employment tests through a GP. Unfortunately CASA considers GP's are incompetent and do not have the integrity to do these tests..you have to use.. an approved medical officer to do the tests
ie someone who has paid CASA a fee to become approved. anyone else is considered incompetent or does not have the integrity to do a test.
They knocked back blood tests which their own spin says is the only way to get a 100% accurate test...you have to do the saliva or urine test which their own spin says produces false positives...for which you can get sued.
We purchased a commercially produced education program which most of the rest of industry uses, unfortunately it dosnt have our company name on it so its not adequate, it has to be under our name...in other words ensuring we get sued if things go Tits up...it seems to me that this whole process has been deliberately written by CASA lawyers ( bottom feeders) to put the industries head on a block to ensure they can buy their next BMW or water front mansion.
I dont have a problem with drug and alcohol testing, regardless of the evidence that its a waste of time ( Where's the evidence)...if thats what they want to do..okay do it!! just dont put the whole liability back on the industry which is struggling to pay their exorbitant fees for doing nothing except shuffle paper work.