sports enthusiasts. With the rising costs of health care coverage for employees, employers are looking for ways to eliminate future costs. Under the pressure of economic considerations, employers may very well try to regulate every health-related aspect of their employees' lives, including diet, hobbies, sleep habits and even childbearing. Drug testing in the workplace is a standard practice among many organizations designed to detect drug use among employees as well as prevent them from starting. The majority of employees in the workplace are not drug users, but are subjected to the embarrassment of urinating in a container under the supervision of another person. AnalysisThe moment an individual decides he or she wants to gain employment through a private sector organization, that individual is automatically going to give up their right to privacy. Before an employee is even hired, the employer is able to learn virtually every significant aspect to that person’s life, not only from the past but also any present situations. There is very little that is not a matter of public record and employers are willing and able to retrieve that information. The decisions to hire an individual are not solely being decided based on knowledge and skill; rather employers are measuring what kind of future liabilities are employees going to bring to the organization in terms of cost.The moment a newly hired employee sets foot into the new work environment, the employer will have access to virtually every single move, action, and word spoken by the individual. Not only are all work-related actions being monitored, but employees are also susceptible to having their personal affairs invaded. The only protection an employee has is to keep all personal affairs outside the office. That is a difficult task to ask of employees considering many Americans spend more waking hours of the day in the working environment than at home. Ironically, l...
