The random drug testing the TTC carries out on its employees violates their charter rights and should be halted immediately, according to a labour arbitrator decision released Monday.
Arbitrator Laura Trachuk found that the policy, which allows the TTC to pull employees at any time to swab their mouths or have them blow into a breathalyzer, is an “unreasonable exercise of the TTC’s management rights and contrary to the collective agreement.” She also wrote that saliva tests for cannabis and cocaine are not capable of determining whether someone is still under the influence.
