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Report Link U.S. Department of Labor Observes Fourth Annual Drug-Free Work Week October 19-25, 2009.
Jackson Lewis LLP - October 21, 2009
The U.S. Department of Labor is observing the week of October 19-25, 2009, as its fourth annual Drug-Free Work Week and encourages employers and employees across the country to participate. The purpose of Drug-Free Work Week is to educate employers, employees and the general public about the importance of being drug-free as a component of improving workplace safety and health and to encourage employees with alcohol and drug problems to seek help. All employers should remind employees about company policies addressing drug and alcohol use at least once a year, and Drug-free Work Week is a good time to do so. The Department of Labor encourages employers to do some or all of the following things during Drug-Free Work Week:
Report Link Up In Smoke: The Rise Of Medical-Marijuana Laws.
Fisher & Phillips, LLP - September 02, 2009
As more states enact laws allowing patients to ingest marijuana as a means of coping with various diseases and symptoms, the question quickly arises for human resources professionals about how this affects the employment relationship. If employees are legally allowed to smoke at home to manage night seizures, are they still going to be affected by marijuana the next day at work? Do you have to accommodate this?
Report Link Drug-Free Work Week Designated by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Jackson Lewis LLP - October 11, 2006
The U.S. Department of Labor has declared October 16-22, 2006 to be the first-ever Drug- Free Work Week and encourages employers and employees across the country to participate. The purpose of Drug-free Work Week is to educate employers, employees and the general public about the importance of being drug-free as a component of improving workplace safety and health and to encourage employees with alcohol and drug problems to seek help. All employers should remind employees about Company policies addressing drug and alcohol use at least once a year, and Drug-free Work Week is a good time to do so.
Report Link U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Federal Government Power to Prohibit "Medical Marijuana" Use Under State Law.
Jackson Lewis LLP - June 29, 2005
The U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the power of the federal government to seize and destroy "medical marijuana" as a valid exercise of the government's Commerce Clause authority under the U.S. Constitution.
Report Link Employers Exhale: United States Supreme Court Medical Marijuana Decision Aids Employer Anti-Drug Programs.
Littler Mendelson, P.C. - June 09, 2005
Employer drug and alcohol abuse prevention and testing programs recently received a boost when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Gonzales v. Raich, No. 03-1451 (June 6, 2005), that state laws authorizing the use of marijuana to treat illness do not insulate drug users from federal law making such behavior criminal.
Report Link what to do when an employee comes to work under the influence of alcohol.
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. - December 01, 2000
Provides strategy for dealing with an emloyee who reports to work under the influence.
Report Link WHAT AMERICAN EMPLOYEES THINK ABOUT DRUG ABUSE.
Institute for a Drug-Free Workplace - January 01, 1997
This is a Gallup poll used to determine worker attitudes towards drugs in the workplace, including experience with drugs and drug testing.

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