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"Mission critical" my aunt Bertha's butt <G>! Try getting a job in Home Depot, Wal-Mart's, K Mart or most of the other nation-wide chain stores. Almost all require drug testing (I haven't applied there, but I can read the signs posted at the entry ways of the store). I wish that all these corporations were concerned about their employees use of drugs but it ain't the case! The issue is liability. Courts have held that the employer is responsible to take prudent measures to insure that their employees won't do something stupid to bring harm to their clients/customers or to the other employees. A company by the name of John Reid & Associates out of Chicago has made good money for years teaching investigators to conduct what is called an "Integrity Interview". Without giving up the "trade-craft" involved it is basically a method of screening applicants which will indicate possibilities of everything from drug abuse to employee theft. This process has been used by major companies, police departments, and federal agencies for years. I have used them to do refresher training for my agent's over the years. BTW, even though there was a directive for applicant and employee drug screening that came out of the Reagan Administration (you knew it didn't come out of Clinton's), it has still not been implemented in many federal agencies. My agency only got around to it this last year! Dave ----- Original Message ----- From: Christian Gerzner <christiang@pi*.co*.au*> To: Trey <trey@ne*.co*> Cc: <klind@al*.ne*>; Techdiver <techdiver@aquanaut.com> Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2000 12:05 AM Subject: Re: Dive Master's Wanted > Trey, Kent, > > My comment may have been taken incorrectly, I simply was trying to say > that it is sad that the drug problem has apparently escalated to such an > extent in your neck of the woods that drug testing now seems to be a > routine requirement for "mission critical" operations. > > No, it is not a requirement (yet?) in Oz. > > Christian > > Trey wrote: > > > > Kent, I agree with you 100% . > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Kent Lind <klind@al*.ne*> > > To: Christian Gerzner <christiang@pi*.co*.au*> > > Cc: Techdiver <techdiver@aquanaut.com>; AtlanticDiver > > <AtlanticDiver@li*.co*> > > Date: Thursday, June 15, 2000 10:25 AM > > Subject: RE: Dive Master's Wanted > > > > >Actually, I don't think they have a choice. I believe that US law requires > > >mandatory drug testing of all companies that employ a certain number of > > people > > >at sea. All the commercial fishing companies are required to do drug > > testing > > >and I was required to do it when I was working at sea as a fisheries > > observer. > > >So I doubt that it's something that that Outer Banks Dive Center thought up > > on > > >their own. > > > > > >In any event, I don't get the thrust of your comment. If you were running > > a > > >dive boat, would you want to place your customers in the hands of a drugged > > >out divemaster? Maybe you do things differently in Australia. > > > > > >-Kent- > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > >> From: Christian Gerzner [mailto:christiang@pi*.co*.au*] > > >> Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 9:53 PM > > >> To: Alex Varouxis > > >> Cc: Techdiver; CyberDiver@eg*.co*; AtlanticDiver > > >> Subject: Re: Dive Master's Wanted > > >> > > >> > > >> Alex Varouxis wrote: > > >> (small snips) > > >> > > >> > The Outer Banks Dive Center in Nags Head NC is looking for Full and > > Part > > >> > times Dive Masters. For more information give them a call at > > >> 252-449-8349 or > > >> > e-mail them at macd1@ob*.co*. Must be Drug Free and pass a drug > > test. > > >> > > >> > Must be Drug Free and pass a drug test. > > >> > > >> Maybe it's just my age but I find that statement just so dispiriting. :-( > > >> > > >> Christian > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. > Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'. > -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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