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Re:Trading privacy for survival is another tax on the poor by pavel_lishin on Monday March 18, 2019 @12:27PM (#19422510)
It seems like they're typically jobs where the employee has a high chance of either being injured, or causing a lot of damage.
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Re:Trading privacy for survival is another tax on the poor by asark on Monday March 18, 2019 @02:47PM (#19423898)
My understanding is it's an insurance thing. As in, the owners' insurance rates would be crazy-high if they didn't drug test (at least) anyone operating machinery.
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Re:Trading privacy for survival is another tax on the poor by danans on Monday March 18, 2019 @01:13PM (#19422940)
Yes, that's probably a good generalization of the type of job that requires it - and "causing a lot of damage" even captures the case of high-skilled jobs that require security clearances.
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