Does your fit-for-work policy meet the fit test?

By Jeffrey R. Smith Feb 01, 2024

Fitness-for-work policies must balance workplace safety with employee privacy by ensuring any monitoring or testing is proportionate, minimally intrusive, and clearly tied to legitimate business needs like preventing impairment on the job. The shift by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police toward focusing on actual impairment rather than past cannabis use reflects evolving legal and social standards, emphasizing present fitness rather than off-duty conduct.

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