Comment Re:It was an app on a WORK-Issued Phone! (Score 2, Interesting) 776
that should include piss-tests, too.
that is absolutely a violation of your privacy. if you have a problem with an employee's performance then you deal it then. you dont' start off assuming that all potential employees are 'bad guys' until proven otherwise.
pre-employment testing is bullshit. this also need to be prohibited by law. problem is, its the US (!) that is kind of forcing and encouraging companies to do this shit! "to get a government contract, you must ensure all your employees, yadda yadda yadda". the US is what started this; companies would generally rather NOT foot the expensve of hair and piss tests, but they are forced to (one way or another) by the government! not all companies seem to let themselves get put into this situation but quite a lot still are on that bandwagon.
if an employee is able to balance his lifestyle outside of work - and if only a chemical test is how you would ever find out - how is this not a violation of his privacy?