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From: bandy@lll-lcc.UUcp (Andrew Scott Beals)
Newsgroups: net.jobs
Subject: Re: Urinalysis...Lie Detectors...all the new rage?
Message-ID: <172@lll-lcc.UUcp>
Date: Wed, 5-Mar-86 15:57:05 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar  5 15:57:05 1986
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Organization: Lab Comp Center, Lawrence Livermore Labs
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There are many companies now using one or the other. See this
month's (March) Discover magazine for a nice article on "lie
detectors". They have a short section of tips on how to beat them.

I also remember reading recently (in the same Discover? Or maybe in
the Washington Post Weekly) an article on drug testing and the
inaccuracies of the tests. It mentioned that if you had been in a
room where many people were smoking marijuana that you had a Very
Good chance the next day for testing positive on a drug test.

What business does your employer have telling you what to do and
what not to do in your off-hours? I can see a big case for firing
someone if they show up drunk or stoned for work, but after hours?
Remember that in most states, oral sex is still a crime - if you
show up to work with a certain smell on your beard the next morning,
does your employer have the right to fire you if they did an
analysis of what was on your beard? Same thing kiddies..

Write your congressman!
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I'm PROUD to be a CARBON-BASED lifeform!

andy beals
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