Hi there,
I work for a large corporation based in Melbourne, Victoria. I am a relative new starter, I have been at the company for 2 years but have only been full-time for bout 4 months. As part of my job, I am subcontracted onto different large projects that can be either private of government owned.
I recently began the process of becoming part for a joint alliance to work on a large rail project in Victoria. One of the early steps to this was to undergo a medical. As part of the medical, I had to give urine to be scanned for drugs. I heard back a week later from my team leader at work that I have 'failed' the drug test and that as a result my employment at my parent company has also been thrown into question. I was initially dumbfounded because I do not use illicit drugs and any prescriptions that I was taking at the time I declared. Eventually the actual results of the exam arrived by email to my manager, and it turns out that the reason I failed the test was because of a prescription medicine that I was taking earlier in the year which has now been replaced by the other medicine which was also found in my urine but was declared. So, it was really quite an honest mistake. The problem now is that my manager and other people that I have had to deal with at work, don't entirely comprehend the intricacies of different types of drugs, nor could i expect them to, but to them i have a failed drug test and i am now beginning to feel a little uncomfortable about it. I feel like i am being discriminated against just because i have an issue that requires medication to be dealt with. I have since brought in notes from my doctor stating what drugs i was on, when i was on them and also that they believe i am fit and safe to be on a work site.
I am now in a little bit of limbo because my manager is now not so comfortable assigning me to go out on site. But the company i work for has no policy of drug testing its employees and so i feel that information they have inadvertently received regarding the presence of drugs in my system has altered the way I am treated.
Sorry if that was not explained so well but it is a difficult story to type.
If you could respond, and if there are any bits that are not clear then I can clear them up. I guess i feel that i am being unfairly treated based upon the fact that i am prescribed medication for a medical condition, and they would not even know this if not for an external drug test which they happened to get the specific results for. There is no evidence of the prescription drugs that i am on from the way i work or the way i act, i am a valued member of an extremely driven and successful team.
Thank you for your time

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