Wednesday, May 1, 2013

ESCO Corporation discriminates against its employees

Portland, Oregon: On September 5th, 2012, ESCO Corporation told their employees that the company was conducting a “universal” drug screening test and that all employees would have to participate on that day.

1. Universal implies that everyone is under the same policy and rules and should have been included in the procedure. Many upper management and various other employees were exempt from the procedure and not tested.

2. Privacy rights were broken when the company conducted their screenings in a group setting. This allowed everyone to see who passed or failed as the HR person escorted those who failed away. Employees also had the ability to visually see other employee test samples that were under suspect.

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