Helen has over 42 years of experience, including 35 in HR consultancy and 7 as an HR manager at a national company. She specializes in all aspects of HR, from employment documentation and advice to training, consultancy, and representation at Industrial and Fair Employment Tribunals. Helen’s wealth of experience makes her a trusted and valuable expert in the field of HR.
An employer was recently found to have fairly dismissed an employee for refusing to take a drugs test. Here, we take a look at why the employer was successful.
What were the facts of the case? ⚓︎
The employer, in this case, Asda Stores, dismissed an employee for refusing to take a drugs test. The events leading up to the drugs test were quite unique; the employer received an anonymous allegation that the employee had been caught taking drugs in the past and this had been reported in a newspaper. When the employer looked into this, it found that the newspaper reports related to another employee of the employer who had the same name as the claimant; the story did
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