In April, West Virginia Governor Jim Justice signed legislation that legalizes the use of medical marijuana for those with serious medical...
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West Virginia Enacts Medical Marijuana Law
West Virginia Enacts Law Permitting Broad Employment-Related Drug and Alcohol Testing
The Safer Workplace Act, will goes into effect July 7, 2017, will broaden the circumstances under which employers may conduct workplace drug and...
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Unreliable Anonymous Tip Could Not Form Basis of Reasonable Suspicion Drug Test by Public Employer
Ralph Greer established a Fourth Amendment violation by several individual supervisors after being discharged from his position with the Detroit...
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Quest Diagnostics Annual Survey Shows Drug Test Positivity Rates Continue to Climb
A recently published Quest Diagnostics Drug Testing Index has demonstrated that illicit drug use among United States employees is on the rise...
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Maine Delays Implementation of Certain Provisions of Recreational Marijuana Law
In November, Maine became one of four states in which voters approved a new recreational marijuana law. The law took effect on Jan. 30, but...
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Applicant Who Failed Pre-Employment Drug Test Could Not Show the Public Employer Violated Her Due Process Rights or Title VII
A lawsuit in which a job applicant challenged a public employer’s decision to withdraw an offer to employment after the individual tested positive...
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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Considers Employees’ Use of Medical Marijuana
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) recently heard oral arguments in a case that asks whether employers can be required to make...
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What You Should Understand About States Without a Drug Testing Law
It is important to understand that, even for states without a drug testing statute, laws and case laws still impact the how, when and who of drug...
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Florida Employers: Here Comes Medical Marijuana – Are You Ready?
Floridians voted to pass Amendment 2 to legalize marijuana, a change that will expand what has been a very narrow right in the state to be treated...
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Oregon Legislature’s Attempt to Protect Pot Users Poses Challenges to Employers
Some Oregonians are no doubt breathing clouds of relief with the introduction of Senate Bill 301, the Oregon Legislature’s proposal to protect...
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More Colorado Businesses Dropping Pot from Pre-Employment Drug Tests
Blaming low unemployment, Curtis Graves, an attorney with the Mountain States Employers Council, said if the unemployment rate ticked up to 6 or 7...
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Medical Marijuana: Considerations for Employers
Although the legalization of recreational use of marijuana is still up for debate, the courts have granted legal access to marijuana for...
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