Wasted staff axed in council breath tests

The Courier-Mail can reveal that on average about two council staff members face mandatory random drug and alcohol tests each day as part of a council-wide booze blitz targeting all staff from executives to librarians. Council introduced mandatory testing in March 2019 – as part of a new union-supported EBA – and since then some 1420 staff have been tested.“In that time there have been two positive drug tests and four positive alcohol tests,” Council Finance, Administration and Small Business…



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