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Date Posted: Sunday, August 13, 2006 6:55 AM (report spam)

I am getting so sick of paying for potential employees to go and take a drug test only for them to fail it. Is there anyway that if they are to fail that you can make them pay rather than me having to pay?


Date Posted: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 8:43 AM (report spam)

I think that you may be able to get the people who fail to pay but they would have to know upfront that this is what you expect. I think that I would talk to your lawyer and find out what he thinks is the best way to go about this.


Date Posted: Thursday, August 17, 2006 6:44 AM (report spam)

Well my take on things is this is just one of those things that a perspective employer is faced to deal with. I really think that you would have a hard time telling people that if they fail they will have to pay, besides how are you going to get the money from them?



Date Posted: Friday, August 18, 2006 6:46 AM (report spam)

I have to agee with worldtravler! This is just an expense that you have to endure as an employer. Can't you tell from the interviews if a person would pass a drug test? I mean if you are asking the right questions then you should be able to at least get a gut feeling for this sort of thing.


Date Posted: Saturday, August 19, 2006 4:43 PM (report spam)

Chalk another one up with agreeing that this is just something that you have to pay for if you are trying to hire people. I think that this would almost be illegal to expect these people to pay for their test just if they fail, it could possibly fall under some kind of discrimination.


Date Posted: Tuesday, August 22, 2006 7:18 PM (report spam)

I think that it is the employer’s responsibility to pay for drug testing. I know you might not like to do it, but its part of the business. Have you tried going through a company that will do the testing cheaper?



Date Posted: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 6:08 PM (report spam)

Try to go through a temp agency, they pay for the testing don't they?A lot of places here started going through them and that's what i was told anyways.



Date Posted: Thursday, October 05, 2006 5:39 PM (report spam)

That is a great idea. I had never thought that, that would be an advantage to using a temp agency to find employees. I usually only think of the negative things when it comes to temp agencies but I guess that would be a great advantage and I am sure that not all the people that use their services are deadbeats right?


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