An Edmonton judge has ordered oilsands giant Suncor not to proceed with plans to start random drug tests of its employees. Unifor's lawyer, John Carpenter, argued that random drug and alcohol tests violate privacy, dignity and bodily integrity. Belzil issued an interim injunction to prevent random drug and alcohol tests until an appeal stemming from an arbitration between the union and Suncor can be decided. Employees who have no drug or alcohol problems and who have not been involved in workplace incidents would be impacted by random tests, he wrote. Belzil found that employees would suffer irreparable harm if random drug and alcohol tests are allowed to happen before a final decision is reached on the arbitration ruling.

Source: CBC News December 07, 2017 19:52 UTC