A federal appeals court has held that the Minnesota drug testing statute applies to an applicant tested in Minnesota, even though the applicant...
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The Minnesota Court of Appeals handed employers a rare win under the Minnesota Drug and Alcohol Testing in the Workplace Act, upholding dismissal...
MoreNew Minnesota Expungement Law Helps Protect Employers from Liability
A new Minnesota law that took effect on January 1 expands the opportunities for ex-offenders to expunge their criminal records. In an effort to...
MoreAdmissions of Drug Use By Employees Are Not The Same As Positive Test Results in Minnesota
A common occurrence when employees are confronted with a requirement to take a drug test: they often confess. Sometimes they suggest that the...
MoreMinnesota Drug Testing Law Does Not Apply to Employees Working Outside Minnesota
A federal court in Minnesota has ruled that Minnesota’s Drug and Alcohol Testing in the Workplace Act (DATWA), Minn. Stat. Sections 950-957...
MoreWill Minnesota’s New Medical Marijuana Law Leave Employers High and Dry?
Minnesota became the 22nd state to legalize medical marijuana use and, as part of the new law, to enact new potential employment protections for...
MoreNew Minnesota Medical Cannabis Law Protects Employees From Discrimination for Medical Marijuana Use
Minnesota’s new Medical Cannabis Act differs from many other state medical marijuana laws in that it narrows the kind of medical cannabis...
MoreTop Ten Ways Employers Run Afoul of Minnesota’s Drug And Alcohol Testing Statute
Minnesota has a uniquely complicated statute governing drug and alcohol testing in the workplace. Minn. Stat. Section 181.950-957. The statute can...
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