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Personal assistant’s intoxication bars benefits for her fall at work

In New York, an employer is not liable for compensation when the injury was solely occasioned by intoxication from alcohol of the injured worker while on duty. Case name: Kabler, 112 NYWCLR 263 (N.Y.W.C.B., Full... Read More »

Employers Review Drug Testing Policies

Now that recreational marijuana is legal in Colorado and Washington, employers in those states must determine how to handle employees who fail a drug test after using the drug on their own time. There are... Read More »

Legal Marijuana

USA Mobile Drug Testing compliance specialists caution DOT regulated employers that DOT covered employees cannot use marijuana even in Colorado and Washington – two states that cheered passage of referendums legalizing recreational marijuana. The Department... Read More »

Marijuana Use – Harmful in the Workplace

USA Mobile Drug Testing promotes zero tolerance for marijuana use in any safety sensitive job position and for any employment position in any state that does not have a medical marijuana law allowing use of... Read More »

Medical Marijuana States Add Number 17, Connecticut

Connecticut follows the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington, as well as Washington, D.C., in passing medical marijuana laws. A measure... Read More »

Prescription Drugs & Quantitative Level Reporting

Avoid Exposure to Liability … Employers reviewing employee lists of prescription drugs or asking for quantitative levels are dangerous practices and can lead to lawsuits. “August 29, 2011, A federal jury for the Middle District... Read More »