Gabriel Padilla

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Team 5

• Gabriel Padilla
• Troy Bennett
• Jenn Thompson
• Gene Eakins
• Sharon Prawl

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Stakeholders of Employee Testing
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Types of Employee Testing

• Drug Testing
• Personality Testing
• Background Checks

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Why is drug testing vitally important to business
management today?

• 74 of all drug abusers are employed
• Are 1/3 less productive
• Costs companies 300 more in medical costs
• Cost an employer 7,000 - 10,000 per employee
  annually
• Are absent up to 16 times more often
• 44 admitted selling drugs to co-workers

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Why corporations favor drug testing?

• Required by federal and state laws
• Tests have produced positive results
• Corporate testers argue that urinalysis is a
  practical method of testing for drugs.
• There are social responsibility arguments for
  drug testing.

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Why employees oppose drug testing?

• Urine testing is intrusive and an invasion of
  privacy.
• Urine testing is inherently demeaning.
• Urine testing is unjust due to violation of
  ethical standards of fair treatment.
• Urine tests are imperfect.
• Tests can be misleading.
• However, there is approval for specific jobs.

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Why should employers conduct backgrounds?

• Employers are being sued for negligent hiring
• If an employee hurts someone, the employer may be
  liable
• Background reports

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Pros of Background Checks

• Verify accuracy of information provided by
  jobseekers.
• 2. Reports may also uncover information left out
  of the application/interview.

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Cons of Background Checks

• Checks could unearth information that is
  irrelevant, taken out of context, or wrong.
• Report might include information that is illegal
  to use for hiring purposes or which comes from
  questionable sources.

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Privacy in the workplace

• New Products
• Silent Runner
• No trace

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Privacy in the workplace

• Conduct a search
• Have access to arrests Are promises legally
  binding and criminal records
• Credit reports
• Are my messages ever private

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Personality Test

• Personality Test
• Personality Test

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Pros of personality testing
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Cons of Personality Testing
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Discussion
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Employee Monitoring

• Employer vs. employees
• Productivity vs. right to privacy

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Technology

• Computers
• E-mail/internet surfing
• telephones

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Employers Pros and Cons

• Communication is faster between coworkers and
  clients
• Problems get solved quickly
• Productivity increase
• Inappropriate e-mail use can create liability
• Hostile work environment claims
• Difficult to defend in court

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Employee Pros and Cons

• Increase in disciplinary actions
• Software that enables employers to monitor screen
  and hard drive
• Monitoring of keystrokes and idle time
• Stress disabilities and physical problems (carpal
  tunnel syndrome)
• Employer liable