Klarna will start drug testing employees in Sweden from January, Business Insider has learned. Klarna will start testing employees in Sweden for alcohol and drugs from January, Business Insider has learned, in a sign of the company increasing its internal security ahead of an anticipated IPO. Nafsika Karavida, an attorney at Reavis Page Jump in Sweden, told BI that employee drug testing is generally permitted under Swedish law within the private sector. The announcement comes after Sebastian Siemiatkowski, the CEO of Klarna, floated the idea of randomized drug testing to staff during a September all-hands. AdvertisementSome of the measures he discussed included monitoring employees' locations and drug testing staffers.

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Persons: Klarna, Mikaela Mijatovic, Nafsika, Reavis, Sebastian Siemiatkowski, Siemiatkowski, Mijatovic, confidentially Organizations: Slack, BI, Securities and Exchange Commission Locations: Sweden, Swedish