I currently work where my carried gear is x rayed and I pass through a metal detector and then an explosives detector. I’m subject to further inspection if needed.

I understand All of that and willingly comply but that doesn’t make a forced search of a persons handbag or anything else legal in typical employment situations. If a person does not wish to allow a search, the employers ability to demand such is extremely limited. In most cases the employer is not allowed to force a search. Of course the employee can be punished, including termination, if the employer so chooses.

In my situation, if I do not wish to be subject to the security matters, I don’t go to work there. Depending on the results of the X-ray, metal detector, and explosives detector, due to where I work, a further, non-voluntary, search can be legal under certain circumstances (some quite unique laws apply to my place of employment) If I’m already inside the station, the employer could attempt to force me to be subjected to an exit search (and due to where I work it can actually be forced upon me under certain circumstances), but in most cases, the employer could not force an employee to subject themselves to a search. As I stated previously, if an employer has the right to enforce shoplifting laws, some searches can be lawful (depending on state and reasoning). Without such support, the employer has little right to force anything. Again, the employer is relegated to applying administrative actions such as termination of the employee refuses to comply.