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Illinois Workers Compensation Law Blog
Repetitive Trauma Injuries And Failed Drug Tests
By Mike Helfand
Under Illinois workers' compensation law, if you are injured on the job (or really any other time for most employees) your employer can drug test you. If you fail that…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Florida Court Rules That the Florida Constitution Requires Employers to Accommodate Off-Duty Medical Marijuana Use
By By: Jennifer L. Pacicco, Dee Anna D. Hays
Quick Hits A Florida state court ruled that employers must accommodate off-site medical marijuana use, granting summary judgment in favor of a former employee who had been placed on unpaid…
The Labor & Employment Law Blog
California Employment News: Drug and Alcohol Policy Enforcement for In-Office and Remote Workers
By Beth V. West, Ryan Abernethy
https://youtu.be/Co4qFGR_Lqw Recent legal developments have impacted drug and alcohol policy enforcement in the workplace. In this episode of California Employment News, Weintraub Labor & Employment attorneys Lizbeth “Beth” West and Ryan Abernathy provide an…
Regulatory Oversight
Precision Toxicology Agrees to Pay $27M Over Drug Testing and Kickback Allegations
By Troutman Pepper Locke State Attorneys General Team
On October 15, Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown announced that his office reached a $27 million settlement with Precision Toxicology to resolve allegations that it submitted false claims to…
California Employment Law Update
Bloomberg Law Podcast: Cutting-Edge Employment Cases Pending Before the US Supreme Court
By Tony Oncidi
Labor Co-Chair Tony Oncidi joins Bloomberg Law podcast host June Grasso to discuss the five employment law cases currently pending before the US Supreme Court. Those cases involve issues ranging from a heterosexual…
Illinois Workers Compensation Law Blog
Why You Shouldn’t Worry If You Will Fail A Drug Test If Hurt At Work In Illinois
By Mike Helfand
Marijuana is legal in Illinois, but that doesn't mean your employer can't drug test you and fire you for testing positive for marijuana or other drugs. Since it was made…
Budding Trends
Federal Appeals Court Upholds “Zero-Tolerance” Cannabis Policy Under North Carolina Law
By Daniel S. McCray, Whitt Steineker
When you work in the cannabis business, you get used to answering questions that don’t always make sense. One question we get most often is whether an employee can use…
Healthcare Perspectives
Hospital Policy for Universal Urine Drug Testing of Pregnant Women Comes Under Scrutiny for Alleged Violations of State Law Against Discrimination
The Attorney General of New Jersey and the Director of the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights jointly commenced a lawsuit against the Virtua Health System and its constituent hospitals…
Drug and Alcohol Testing Law Advisor
Pittsburgh to Limit Employers’ Ability to Drug-Test Medical Marijuana Patients
By Kathryn J. Russo, Francesca Iovino
The Pittsburgh City Council unanimously passed an ordinance prohibiting discrimination against medical marijuana patients in the workplace and limiting certain types of marijuana drug testing by employers as to these…
Green Leaf Brief
The End of Zero-Tolerance Drug Policies
By Douglas W. Charnas, Chase Stoecker, McGlinchey
Zero-tolerance drug policies in the workplace are an endangered species. Traditional drug laws and policies as they relate to the workplace are being upended, and employers are increasingly struggling to…