News & Analysis as of

Reasonable Accommodation › Hiring & Firing › Controlled Substances

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...

Lonza America to Pay $150,000 to Settle EEOC Disability Lawsuit

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission... on

Company Violated Federal Law When It Fired a Recovering Opioid Addict, Federal Agency Charged - CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – Lonza America LLC, a New Jersey-based company in the pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing industry,...more

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP

A history of the decline and rise of the marijuana empire

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on

Join us for a brief discussion of the history of marijuana legislation in the United States, and learn where the current developments and trends “leaf” employers as it relates to drug testing employees and accommodating...more

FordHarrison

Common Sense Prevails: Waiving a Drug Test as a Condition of Employment is Not a Reasonable Accommodation

FordHarrison on

In Cotto v. Ardagh Glass Packing, Inc., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 135194 (D.N.J. Aug. 10, 2018), a case of first impression, the federal district court held that neither New Jersey’s Law Against Discrimination (LAD) nor...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Medical Marijuana on Campus: Barbuto's Impact on School Policies Banning Drug Use

Holland & Knight LLP on

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court recently ruled in Barbuto v. Advantage Sales and Marketing, LLC that an employee's use of medical marijuana to treat a qualified disability may be a reasonable accommodation under...more

Littler

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Creates Employer Obligation to Accommodate Employees Using Medical Marijuana

Littler on

On July 17, 2017, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court unanimously held that an employee may pursue a disability discrimination claim under state law against her former employer for failing to accommodate the employee’s...more

5 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
Sign up Log in
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide