> Removing a marijuana screen from standard workplace testing would help revitalize the employee pool.
To me, trade jobs seem to be the most willing to offer a "second chance" to workers willing to work. More so than some white-collar jobs that have a no tolerance drug/crime policy.
Yes, failing a drug test for weed is not usually a black mark for trade workers.
But a majority of trade workers get bounced around job sites, and are usually required to pass a screen before each one. If you get sent to a job with little notice (can happen within a week), you need to pass a screen. If you fail, you simply don't get hired and have to enter the queue and wait for the next opportunity. Fail enough times and you either get dropped by your union local, or black listed entirely.
So messing up a drug screen once or twice doesn't mean you will lose all job opportunities, but it could mean you go without work for 1 week to over a year. And if you are represented by a trade union, you don't have the luxury to apply freely to open positions like you would in the white collar market.
As an adult you need to choose between a immature desire to smoke weed or abuse alcohol and your work where the health and safety of others is at risk.
If you’re lucky enough to get into the union, I doubt you care much about the luxury of making less money.
Alcohol leaves the body in a few hours. If an employer screening is picking up alchohol, that’s by definition abuse.
With respect to marijuana, it’s well known that it is detectable for some period of time. If you’re smoking with full knowledge that you can be randomly screened, you’re demonstrating poor judgment and risk tolerance.
I don’t want someone dumb enough to do these things in a position where my health and safety is at risk.
> Removing a marijuana screen from standard workplace testing would help revitalize the employee pool.
To me, trade jobs seem to be the most willing to offer a "second chance" to workers willing to work. More so than some white-collar jobs that have a no tolerance drug/crime policy.