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The forensic laboratory has assumed a pivotal role in the employment relationship in the United States; job tenure often hinges upon the analysis of body fluids. When the results of urine or blood tests for drugs are introduced as evidence in workplace disciplinary disputes, the central issue typically is whether the test result, or the result in combination with other evidence, provides just cause for discharge or suspension. The arbitrator is required to resolve a host of factual, technical, and due process questions. Although constitutional and legal precepts have some bearing on such disputes, the arbitrator’s primary task is to decide whether, in light of all the circumstances, the discipline is a reasonable exercise of managerial prerogative. In so doing, arbitrators apply the “law of the shop,” which includes written collective bargaining agreements (union-management contracts) and unwritten customary practices.
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Schneider Denenberg, T., Denenberg, R.V. (1994). Arbitration of Drug Testing Disputes. In: Macdonald, S., Roman, P. (eds) Drug Testing in the Workplace. Research Advances in Alcohol and Drug Problems, vol 11. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2399-4_10
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