Can my employer go against its own policies if my safety is in jeopardy?
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Can my employer go against its own policies if my safety is in jeopardy?
My company policy handbook it says that it is their policy that they drug test and background check. I have been working here for 4 years now and that has been the policy the whole time until now. Just recently, I found out they are not
background checking and drug testing new employees anymore. I just found out that I work with a convict and drug users. I was wondering why the people they would bring in looked like convicts. Now I know why. Can they just start hiring convicts without informing me that they are going against their policy? I mean. This is possibly putting my life in danger.
Asked on July 5, 2018 under Employment Labor Law, Pennsylvania
Answers:
M.D., Member, California and New York Bar / FreeAdvice Contributing Attorney
Answered 5 years ago | Contributor
Company policy can be changed at an employer's discretion uness doing so would violate the terms of a union agreement or employment contract. The fact is that most work relationships are "at will" which means that a company can set the conditions of employment much as it sees fit, absent some form of legally actionable discrimination.
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