An employer 'quick fix': employee testing for drugs

Article Abstract:

Employee drug testing may or may not compromise individuals' rights to privacy under the Fourth and the Fourteenth amendments, depending on how and why the tests are administered. Case law on the subject is cited, including: Schmerber v. California, McDonell v. Hunter, Novosel v. Nationwide Insurance Company, White v. Davis, Shoemaker v. Handel, Turner v. Fraternal Order of Police, and Division 241, Amalgamated Transit Union v. Suscy. Although testing of current employees, even with signed employee waivers, may violate individuals' rights, pre-employment drug testing as part of a physical examination and testing of employees returning from a leave of absence is legal. The laws in this area and the courts' interpretation of the law differs according to whether the employer operates within the public or the private sector and according to how the general public's safety or health could be affected by the employee's ingestion of drugs.

Mandatory drug testing, Drug testing, Employee drug abuse

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Your role in the prevention of employee theft

Article Abstract:

U.S. businesses lose approximately $40 billion annually due to employee theft.This statistic indicates that traditional management responses for controlling theft and selecting honest employees are inadequate. Ten additional steps management can take to prevent employee theft are: (1) formulating and communicating employee theft policies, (2) assuming employees are honest, to encourage honest behavior, (3) forming closer relationships, (4) instituting employee participation in theft prevention programs, (5) giving employees materials that might otherwise be stolen, which reinforces employee loyalty, (6) providing employee counseling services and assistance, (7) providing employment challenges to employees, (8) implementing an employee complaint process, (9) setting examples of honest behavior, and (10) avoiding oppressive control procedures.

Prevention

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Some less recognized forms of employee theft

Article Abstract:

Prevention is the key for managing the various forms of employee theft. The manager must set a personal example of strong integrity and show real concern for employees. Company policies on use of time and corporate resources should be clearly communicated, especially to new workers. Opportunities to take material and supplies should be minimized and security should be kept tight. Examples of employee misuse of company assets include: taking postage and supplies, making personal long-distance calls on company lines, copying personal items on company copiers, unjustified absences, gambling on company time, cheating on business accounts, stealing proprietary data, and kleptomania.

Human resource management, Crime, Crime prevention

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