RE: the OTHER test

[BMcClain -at- centura -dot- com]

We're way off-topic with employee screening at nursing homes, but I'll
defend the practice by pointing out that nursing homes have employed some
real losers through negligence or tolerance or both, with tragic results.  I
think pee tests are atrocious, and pre-employment health screening ought to
be blatantly illegal, but criminal background and credit history are valid
targets of scrutiny for some occupations.

-----Original Message-----
From: Sarah Bane [mailto:Sarah -dot- Bane -at- spectrumretail -dot- com]
Subject: RE: the OTHER test


I've been required to take a drug test twice. Was it intrusive? Of
The second time was earlier this year. I was working on a temporary job
at the corporate headquarters of a nursing-home company. The company
instituted drug screenings of all employees (not just those working in
its nursing homes). Taking the test was a condition of continued
employment, including temporary-agency assignments. I found this
requirement objectionable, but being between jobs did not feel I could
afford to quit at that time.

That company also instituted criminal background checks of all
employees, so I also had to sign a consent form for that. Fortunately I
had nothing to hide on that score either. Has anyone else encountered
criminal background checks as a requirement?

I have heard of credit checks being conducted by potential employers,
but have not (to my knowledge) experienced this.