On Wed, 14 Dec 1994 19:34:01 -0500,
Dave Harvey  <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
 
 
>Several employees have brought up the constituional concerns which many
>people on Museum-L have raised. The response was that current case law
>makes this perfectly legal as a mandatory condition of employment - the
>phrase which was used to us was, "The constitutional concerns may apply
>to the government, but not to businesses, we are not the government..."
>. . . .
 
>Now I am sure that there is a very compelling reason for my institution
>to institute this policy and the attendent expenses of testing 3000
>employees - and from the way the policy and the consent form have been
>written I see the heavy hands of lawyers all over the formultion of this
>policy...
>
>Many co-workers whom I have talked to are simply confused as to why this
>is happening, and, in the absence of an extremely compelling reason...
>speculation abounds.
>
Dave,
 
Your response makes me wonder if any of the staff have talked about
this to a lawyer outside the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation?  Also, I
am assuming, since no one has mentioned one, that there is no union
involved.
 
Ken
 
Ken Yellis
Assistant Director for Public Programs
Peabody Museum of Natural History
170 Whitney Avenue
Box 208118
New Haven, CT 06520-8118
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(203) 432-9891/9816(fax)