Alcohol and other drug testing in the workplace is growing in prevalence and at the same time is increasingly controversial as workers and Unions worry about the potential implications and employers worry about the costs and the administrative burdens. Recent developments at State Government level suggest the trend to wider spread AOD testing is likely to continue as first the Victorian Government announced plans for mandatory AOD testing for all Government construction contracts followed shortly by a similar move by the Queensland Government. Increasingly employees, Unions and employers are asking questions about AOD testing in the workplace, what does it mean and …

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