THE EMPLOYEE VIEW

Barbara Luck, right, a Southern Pacific Co. employee in San Francisco, was fired after she refused to provide a urine sample under the company’s random drug testing program, although the company said she showed no signs of drug use. She has taken her case to court in a case that may help clarify the rights of employers to test workers who show no evidence of drug use.

Susan Register, a Georgia Power employee for 4 1/2 years, was fired for refusing to provide a third urine sample. She said that after she had complied with a request to undergo a urine test, she was humiliated by a company nurse administering the test. When she refused to redo the test, she was dismissed--for insubordination. She has taken her case to the courts.

Raymond Alan Pettigrew, an office manager for the Southern Pacific in San Francisco, was demoted after the company forced him to participate in a drug rehabilitation program. After a test that showed “positive” and hospitalization, he was told that employment was conditional upon periodic testing and attendance in a rehabilitation program. After 10 negative tests, he sued the company.