Is this legal?

[missladyrn]

The hospital I work for assigns us lockers, and they have built in combos. I was recently made aware by a coworker that my locker was searched over a month ago because another coworker claimed to have seen me taking pills. I keep Claritin and Tylenol in my locker. When I need them, I take them. I was caught off guard by he fact hat this all took place and I was never asked or told about it. When I questioned my nm she said the found Claritin and Tylenol and figured I must have had a headache. I feel violated. I also want o confront this coworker. I don't take drugs, but I am fairly certain she does. In fact I will not waste with her because she can never produce what is to be wasted. What gives?

[sharpeimom]

... or a depends with a melted chocolate bar.

once when my husband and i were having one of those "what if" conversations,

he said he'd even "change your depends -- if it ever came down to that.":kiss

hmmm... :rotfl:

[missladyrn]

i don't see anything here about a lock on that locker. i would never use a locker i couldn't, well, lock. if the administration has to have the combinations for all lockers somewhere secure, fine, but i don't want anyone else getting in there for nefarious purposes...like planting a fentanyl patch or a depends with a melted chocolate bar.and not a lawyer, but i should think that if they were going to open your locker they ought to have you present when they do it.

the locker has a built in lock, when the locker is assigned you get your combination. you can not change the lock, it is part of the locker. think gym class in the 70s. so anyone who had the locker before you also knows the combo. i did report this to hr, about how the search was conducted and i was humiliated. i felt very violated.i was informed that there is a policy in place for locker searches and they will investigate since they are normally comdcuted by security and hr. i never heard another word about it, but i did inform them and my supervisors via email i will no longer be using the locker.

[sharpeimom]

i just called a contractor friend and asked him why the lock combinations couldn't be reset somehow.

his answer was that with built-in locks, they should either slide right out so they can be switched around when a

new person is assigned a locker, or else, there's a way for someone who knows what he's doing, to reset the lock

with a different combination.

he said with the gym locks, that they're cheap enough when bought in bulk, that they should just toss them and use a new one or on a huge campus like where i worked, use reassigned locks in other buildings.

he also admitted that they probably won't remember to do any of the above things unless they're either reminded or nagged!

at the state hospital, we could buy our own new locks, keep a key and give them the other, which is exactly what i did when i started there.

[Asystole RN]

Luggage lock thru the zippers to the rescue.

[Jory, MSN, APRN, CNM]

Esme is correct in her post...it's not even legal advice, as the US Supreme Court has ruled on the issue over and over again.

Same thing with school lockers at high schools...they don't need a warrant to search them, because they belong to the school.

I would, however, file a formal complaint. I think the first step is to have you to take a drug test...if you failed the drug test, THEN they would have had a reason to search your locker.

But to simply search your locker because an employee made an accusation? That is pure BS.