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employer forcing alcohol tests?

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  • 18-06-2020 5:49pm
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    sergejss
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭


    my safety manager just walked up to me druing lunch without golves/mask and just asked me the blow into the alcohol test thing. Is he allowed to do that druing COVID? what's the proper procedure?

    i've heard garda passes you alcohol test thing, let's you unpack a new tube and blow into yourself. shouldn't employers do the same?


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    Jim Root
    Registered Users Posts: 487 ✭✭Jim Root


    sergejss wrote: »
    my safety manager just walked up to me druing lunch without golves/mask and just asked me the blow into the alcohol test thing. Is he allowed to do that druing COVID? what's the proper procedure?

    i've heard garda passes you alcohol test thing, let's you unpack a new tube and blow into yourself. shouldn't employers do the same?

    What type of job do you do?


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    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users Posts: 43,028 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    Construction?


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    Frynge
    Registered Users Posts: 1,667 ✭✭✭Frynge


    How much did you fail by?


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    Happy4all
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,089 ✭✭✭Happy4all


    sergejss wrote: »
    my safety manager just walked up to me druing lunch without golves/mask and just asked me the blow into the alcohol test thing. Is he allowed to do that druing COVID? what's the proper procedure?

    i've heard garda passes you alcohol test thing, let's you unpack a new tube and blow into yourself. shouldn't employers do the same?

    If your working sober, why the concern?


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    johnayo
    Registered Users Posts: 1,718 ✭✭✭johnayo


    sergejss wrote: »
    my safety manager just walked up to me druing lunch without golves/mask and just asked me the blow into the alcohol test thing. Is he allowed to do that druing COVID? what's the proper procedure?

    i've heard garda passes you alcohol test thing, let's you unpack a new tube and blow into yourself. shouldn't employers do the same?

    He is in his hole. You should take this up with senior management.


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    con747
    Registered Users Posts: 6,491 ✭✭✭con747


    Time to get a new "Safety" manager who knows how to keep a safe distance during a pandemic:rolleyes:

    Don't expect anything from life, just be grateful to be alive.



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    secman
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    What does your employee handbook say, drug and alcohol testing is usually included as a policy and you may have signed up to it in your terms of employment.
    The carrying out of a test now would be subject to covid19 guidelines.


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    Del2005
    Registered Users Posts: 18,992 ✭✭✭✭Del2005


    con747 wrote: »
    Time to get a new "Safety" manager who knows how to keep a safe distance during a pandemic:rolleyes:

    The risk of an employee getting a virus is tiny compared to the risk of an impaired person on a building site, the safety manager has their priorities correct.


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    salmocab
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    secman wrote: »
    What does your employee handbook say, drug and alcohol testing is usually included as a policy and you may have signed up to it in your terms of employment.
    The carrying out of a test now would be subject to covid19 guidelines.

    The OP doesn’t seem to have an issue with the test just the manner of it, if the safety officer stuck something in front of his face presumably without him seeing it being taken from its wrapper during the current pandemic and expected him to put his mouth onto it then the safety officer is an idiot.


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    con747
    Registered Users Posts: 6,491 ✭✭✭con747


    Del2005 wrote: »
    The risk of an employee getting a virus is tiny compared to the risk of an impaired person on a building site, the safety manager has their priorities correct.

    It does not excuse the fact he was using an opened tube for an employee to blow into, and was not wearing any PPE. The possibly impaired employee still deserves that much safety for himself.

    Don't expect anything from life, just be grateful to be alive.



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    Snotty
    Registered Users Posts: 1,298 ✭✭✭Snotty


    What did he say when you told him your concern about the way the test was being administered?


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    lickalot
    Closed Accounts Posts: 85 ✭✭lickalot


    sergejss wrote: »
    my safety manager just walked up to me druing lunch without golves/mask and just asked me the blow into the alcohol test thing. Is he allowed to do that druing COVID? what's the proper procedure?

    i've heard garda passes you alcohol test thing, let's you unpack a new tube and blow into yourself. shouldn't employers do the same?


    Good try at a 1st post but you can troll better than that can't you?

    Come up with a rectal thermometer or something.


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    Hoboo
    Registered Users Posts: 3,565 ✭✭✭Hoboo


    Del2005 wrote: »
    The risk of an employee getting a virus is tiny compared to the risk of an impaired person on a building site, the safety manager has their priorities correct.

    Priorities right, procedure wrong. Be akin to walking up to someone's desk on front of everyone and demand an on the spot test. Formal complaint OP.


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    sergejss
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭sergejss


    Snotty wrote: »
    What did he say when you told him your concern about the way the test was being administered?

    he laughed it off, i refused the test and left that day, currently sorting this out with managment


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