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In a new class action lawsuit against Amazon in New York, a man said he was offered a job at one of the company’s facilities but was told he wouldn’t be hired after a positive weed test … And he says more than 100 people can tell similar stories.
In the lawsuit obtained by TMZ, Michael Thomas He claims to have been offered a job sorting package at Amazon’s Staten Island warehouse, provided he passed the drug test. He says Amazon wouldn’t be hired by him when the results returned positive for cannabis.
Thomas argues that under New York law, employers cannot require marijuana drug tests except for certain types of jobs. The man claims that Amazon does not have the right to request a weed test because the job description did not mention the operation of machinery or heavy machinery.
Unless the worker is getting baked right before they start their shift, their use of marijuana has no bearing on their job and is none of Amazon’s business.
Unless the worker is getting baked right before they start their shift, their use of marijuana has no bearing on their job and is none of Amazon’s business.
Wait, what?
I thought the Left's mantra was "private companies can do what they want"???
Y'all need to pick a narrative and stick with it.
(And if you anything about weed, you should know that the tests aren't specific enough to tell when someone is actually stoned vs having used in the past month or so.)
I thought the Left's mantra was "private companies can do what they want"???
Y'all need to pick a narrative and stick with it.
(And if you anything about weed, you should know that the tests aren't specific enough to tell when someone is actually stoned vs having used in the past month or so.)
I’m not sure what the Left’s mantra is, and don’t really give a rodent’s rectum. What you do in your personal time is not the business of your employer. The rights of the individual supersede the rights of a business “to do what they want,” and the business employs you - they don’t own you. There is such a thing as responsible use of marijuana, and most working people who indulge do so responsibly.
Also, I am against marijuana testing for exactly the reason that you stated. When the test will register a positive result weeks after you went to Jamaica on vacation and decided to indulge in local culture, it should not be a contingency of employment. If alcohol metabolites showed up on a breathalyzer weeks after you had a glass of wine the way that marijuana metabolites show up in urine tests weeks after you indulge, breathalyzers would be banned for legal cases and there isn’t a company in the world that would use them to screen for employment.
If you can’t tell that someone is stoned enough to interfere with work related activities simply by interacting with them, you’ve got bigger issues to deal with.
If you can’t tell that someone is stoned enough to interfere with work related activities simply by interacting with them, you’ve got bigger issues to deal with.
What you wrote is of course absurd, but let's run with that nonsense. Your preference is that an unqualified person should make a subjective assessment of the stoners fitness for work based on their observations...
What you wrote is of course absurd, but let's run with that nonsense. Your preference is that an unqualified person should make a subjective assessment of the stoners fitness for work based on their observations...
Absurd? It happens every day. Right this minute there is someone showing up for work and getting sent home, reprimanded, or fired for intoxication of one form or another.
You think relying on a test which picks up on metabolites you ingested or inhaled weeks ago in order to qualify you for employment is less absurd than relying on personal observation skills?
I’m not sure what the Left’s mantra is, and don’t really give a rodent’s rectum. What you do in your personal time is not the business of your employer. The rights of the individual supersede the rights of a business “to do what they want,” and the business employs you - they don’t own you. There is such a thing as responsible use of marijuana, and most working people who indulge do so responsibly.
Also, I am against marijuana testing for exactly the reason that you stated. When the test will register a positive result weeks after you went to Jamaica on vacation and decided to indulge in local culture, it should not be a contingency of employment. If alcohol metabolites showed up on a breathalyzer weeks after you had a glass of wine the way that marijuana metabolites show up in urine tests weeks after you indulge, breathalyzers would be banned for legal cases and there isn’t a company in the world that would use them to screen for employment.
If you can’t tell that someone is stoned enough to interfere with work related activities simply by interacting with them, you’ve got bigger issues to deal with.
LOLZ.....
You don't have any right as an individual to force Amazon to hire you.
While personally, I couldn't care less what you do in your spare time....
It's just as much Amazon's right to decide if they want to hire someone who uses weed as it is Twitter's right to delete Trump's account.
I am curious about how this goes over in States that have legalized Medical marijuana. That usage is under a Doctor’s care and permission. Would the same standard for testing potential employees apply to other prescribed psychotropic drugs by prescription?
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