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: New York Public Personnel LawTermination recommended for employee who tested positive for marijuana
By Harvey Randall, Esq.
Termination recommended for employee who tested positive for marijuana
NYC Department of Transportation v Anonymous, OATH Index # 1754/07
Administrative Law Judge John Spooner recommended the termination of a highway repairer who tested positive for marijuana. The individual, who was required to drive Department vehicles as part of his job, failed a prior drug test and had agreed to comply with follow-up drug testing. Judge Spooner rejected employee?s argument that the Department lacked legal authority to conduct the follow-up drug test, in view of federal and departmental regulations and the stipulation signed by the employee.
Full post as published by New York Public Personnel Law on April 23, 2008 (boomark / email).
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