Health failed drug test

[dUkezz]

been looking for a job for a while now, accepted and signed an offer of employment, went through all the police checks and whatever was required. did a pre employment medical test, I'm 25 and never once in my life taken a single drug or even had a puff of smoke in my life. i get to my first day of training and get pulled aside and told my offer of employment has been withdrawn due to the fact i tested positive for METH. WTF, I've never touched a single drug never even seen a drug in my life so this is crazy, company won't even let me take a 2nd test to prove it, any ideas or suggestions on how to handle it or where to go from here?

 

[LanceRomance]

What industry do you work in?

 

[Yellow Feathers]

Have you taken any medication lately? There's a lot that can result in false-positives.

 

[dUkezz]

it was for a delivery driver position, and the only medication i took was 2 panadols yesterday morning for a headache. never once touched any drugs

 

[LanceRomance]

it was for a delivery driver position, and the only medication i took was 2 panadols yesterday morning for a headache. never once touched any drugs

any sudafed? or codral?

 

[dUkezz]

any sudafed? or codral?

nope, just the 2 panadol at around 9.30am, medical test was at 4.30, had an apple, banana, some rice and an ice tea.

 

[dUkezz]

absolutely dumbfounded

 

[LanceRomance]

nope, just the 2 panadol at around 9.30am, medical test was at 4.30, had an apple, banana, some rice and an ice tea.

hmmm....

take it up with fairwork

they should let you take a second test.

 

[dUkezz]

exactly what i thought, would it make a difference that i hadn't actually started the job yet?

 

[Taylor]

Do you workout a bit? Take a pre-workout drink?

Amphetamines have known to be in those for that energy kick. I'm not sure if they are sold like that anymore though.

 

[dUkezz]

nope no diet pills/ workout energy drinks either

 

[Taylor]

Vicks VaporRub Inhaler?

 

[dUkezz]

nope, contacted the company who did the medical and they can't give me my results

 

[Taylor]

Is there a waiver to sign before you take the test that excludes you from any sort of legal challenge to the findings?

You're going to have a quantifiable material loss from this test result, you need to decide whether you want to ask them to be very sure of their result.

 

[Hamingja]

What sort of drug test? Could they have mixed up your sample with someone else?

 

[DT2000]

geez, that sucks. surely they will have to do a secondary test, false-positives do happen often enough.

fyi:http://dig.pharm.uic.edu/faq/2011/Feb/faq1.aspx

 

[PoppedCorn]

we get a second one on a positive, just to make sure

which makes not much sense to me, but thats the way they do it

 

[Spuddage]

nope no diet pills/ workout energy drinks either

Did you suck on any lozenges? Things like soothers can come up as a drug because it has alcohol in it

 

[ShanDog]

dUkezz any update on a result?

 

[dUkezz]

hey mate, after emailing and trying to get a straight response from the company, nothing came of it, they wouldn't allow a second test and to be quite honest the manager who rang me back eventually was quite rude and yelling at me etc. decided i didn't want to pursue the job after the first test was handled (for obvious reasons) but still not happy with how the whole incident was handled, fair enough if i had taken drugs here and there i could accept the fact but as i said having not touched one in my life for this to happen is just mind boggling, and the way i was treated was quite unfair and made me feel like an outcast

 

[LanceRomance]

Report them.


The only thing I can think of is that they used that as an excuse to hire someone cheaper.

 

[Sydney Bloods]

Report them.


The only thing I can think of is that they used that as an excuse to hire someone cheaper.

or someones relo, nepotism is rife in aus.

 

[Yellow Feathers]

Yeah dUkezz. Report them. Don't let the bastards get away with this.

 

[dUkezz]

The company just got a new huge contract, just hired 50 new workers so can't be that they didn't want to replace me

 

[LanceRomance]

The company just got a new huge contract, just hired 50 new workers so can't be that they didn't want to replace me

All the more reason to report them.