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The policy you are talking about likely has more to do with lowering the cost of vehicle insurance/worker's comp insurance. Our company has the same policy and
by JoblessWonder 11y ago
The policy you are talking about likely has more to do with lowering the cost of vehicle insurance/worker's comp insurance. Our company has the same policy and it helps keeps our rates low because we will be able to rule out alcohol/drugs as a factor in any company vehicle accident. And since you can't rule it out until you have the test... there is a bit of a chicken/egg problem there.
I'm surprised they make everyone in the vehicle take the test, but it makes sense if you think someone would be willing/able to cover for a driver that is impaired.
- grahamburger 11y agoYou are absolutely right on both counts. That's why they did it and that's why they had everyone in the truck take the test. They had also recently lost a major workers comp lawsuit which was probably frivolous, but they lost because of lax policies and lax policy enforcement. This policy was also one of many over corrections. Maybe there is no way around having a policy like this, but it still bit them in the ass at least this one time and probably many others.