The Alberta Court of Appeal unanimously upheld a judicial review decision rejecting the majority decision of an arbitration panel which had found Suncor Energy Inc.s random drug and alcohol testing policy to be unenforceable. The appeal decision was focused on the fact that limited evidence was considered at arbitration, while evidence of substance abuse issues in the workplace outside the bargaining unit was not. In 2012, the business implemented random drug and alcohol testing for workers in safety-sensitive positions. Unifor, Local 707A grieved the policy on the basis that it infringed the privacy rights of workers.
