Executive Summary: In a decision that is good news for airline employers, a federal trial court in Minnesota has held that the state drug-testing statute, which prohibits discharging an employee the first time the employee fails a drug test, is preempted by federal law and the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA)’s drug testing regulations. See MN Airlines v. Levander (Dist. Minn. August 28, 2015).
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