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<h1 class="ep_tm_pagetitle">The contentious issue of drug testing in the workplace: the case of the South Blackwater Mine</h1>
<p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><span class="person_name">Holland, Peter</span> and <span class="person_name">Wickham, Mark</span> (2001) <xhtml:em>The contentious issue of drug testing in the workplace: the case of the South Blackwater Mine.</xhtml:em> The Management Case Study Journal, 1 (2). pp. 44-51. ISSN 1445-033X</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"></p><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block"><tr><td valign="top" style="text-align:center"><a onmouseover="EPJS_ShowPreview( event, 'doc_preview_2029' );" href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1565/1/Drugs_paper_MCSJ.pdf" onmouseout="EPJS_HidePreview( event, 'doc_preview_2029' );"><img alt="[img]" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/style/images/fileicons/application_pdf.png" class="ep_doc_icon" border="0" /></a><div class="ep_preview" id="doc_preview_2029"><table><tr><td><img alt="" src="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1565/thumbnails/1/preview.png" class="ep_preview_image" border="0" /><div class="ep_preview_title">Preview</div></td></tr></table></div></td><td valign="top"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/1565/1/Drugs_paper_MCSJ.pdf"><span class="ep_document_citation">PDF</span></a> - Requires a PDF viewer<br />183Kb</td></tr></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1em" class="not_ep_block">Official URL: <a href="http://www.ojs.unisa.edu.au/index.php/MCSJ">http://www.ojs.unisa.edu.au/index.php/MCSJ</a></p><div class="not_ep_block"><h2>Abstract</h2><p style="padding-bottom: 16px; text-align: left; margin: 1em auto 0em auto">Alcohol and illicit substance abuse in the workplace is increasingly becoming a major human resource and employee relations issue. Whilst more sophisticated measures have been developed to test and monitor drug use in the workplace, and despite tacit union support on the grounds of occupational health and safety (OH&S), the implementation of drug testing procedures remains a contentious issue. This paper firstly examines the arguments for and against drug testing and secondly, examines the issue through the use of a case study analysis. The (mis)handling of the issue at the South Blackwater Mine in Queensland in August of 2000 resulted in a major industrial dispute that affected the lives of hundreds of employees and contractors.</p></div><table style="margin-bottom: 1em" cellpadding="3" class="not_ep_block" border="0"><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Item Type:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Article</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Keywords:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">Drug Testing, OH&S, Privacy, Productivity, Employee Relations, EAP.</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Subjects:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/view/subjects/350201.html">350000 Commerce, Management, Tourism and Services > 350200 Business and Management > 350201 Human Resources Management</a></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ID Code:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">1565</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited By:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><span class="ep_name_citation"><span class="person_name">Dr Mark Wickham</span></span></td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Deposited On:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">13 Aug 2007</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">Last Modified:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row">09 Jan 2008 02:30</td></tr><tr><th valign="top" class="ep_row">ePrint Statistics:</th><td valign="top" class="ep_row"><a target="ePrintStats" href="/es/index.php?action=show_detail_eprint;id=1565;">View statistics for this ePrint</a></td></tr></table><p align="right">Repository Staff Only: <a href="http://eprints.utas.edu.au/cgi/users/home?screen=EPrint::View&eprintid=1565">item control page</a></p>
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