Blog posts in tag drug testing

Ignoring a Failed Drug Test as a "Reasonable Accommodation?"

Posted on 10/28/2022 at 04:14 PM by Russell Samson

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, drug testing, EEOC, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, pre-employment drug test, PTSD, reasonable accommodation, veteran

Ignoring a Failed Drug Test as a "Reasonable Accommodation?"

On September 21, 2022, the EEOC announced that it was suing a Florida senior living residence, and the entity which owne...

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Iowa’s Court of Appeals Answers Several Questions Regarding the State’s “Byzantine” Drug Testing Statute – Part Two

Posted on 01/29/2020 at 04:20 PM by Russell Samson

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: drug and alcohol testing, drug testing, employment and labor issues

Iowa’s Court of Appeals Answers Several Questions Regarding the State’s “Byzantine” Drug Testing Statute – Part Two

As noted in Part One, on January 9, 2020, the Iowa Court of Appeals released two opinions construing provisions of Iowa&...

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Exposure in a Directly Observed Drug Specimen Collection for DOT Testing

Posted on 05/29/2019 at 03:23 PM by Russell Samson

Categories: Business Law, Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: alcohol testing, DOT, drug testing, Iowa Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson Employment & Labor Law

Exposure in a Directly Observed Drug Specimen Collection for DOT Testing

The headline of the article read, “JetBlue Made Worker Expose Breasts For Drug Test, Says Suit.”  ...

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Importance of a Medical Review Officer in Drug Tests

Posted on 11/12/2018 at 08:07 AM by Russell Samson

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: drug policy, drug testing, employers' drug testing policies, employment law, M.G. Oil Company, medical review officer

Importance of a Medical Review Officer in Drug Tests

“I recently reviewed a client-received copy of a letter a Medical Review Officer sent to an individual who tested...

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Employer Lessons on Non-DOT Drug Testing Gleaned From EEOC Lawsuit

Posted on 07/20/2018 at 10:34 AM by Russell Samson

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, Controlled Substances Act, department of transportation, Designated Employer Representative, DOT, drug policy, drug testing, EEOC, eeoc lawyer, employment attorney, employment law, employment legal advice, find a lawyer, human resource, Iowa Employment & Labor Law, labor attorney, labor lawyers, legal advice, local attorneys, medical review officer, work lawyer

Employer Lessons on Non-DOT Drug Testing Gleaned From EEOC Lawsuit

On June 28, 2018, the EEOC filed a lawsuit against Steel Painters, LLC in the Eastern District of Texas.The lawsuit alle...

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Employers need requirements for immediate reporting of work-related injuries and post-accident drug-testing policies

Posted on 07/27/2016 at 10:29 AM by Russell Samson

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: drug testing, Iowa Employer Law Blog, OSHA

Employers need requirements for immediate reporting of work-related injuries and post-accident drug-testing policies

On May 12, 2016, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration of the United States Department of Labor published in...

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The critical role of an MRO in drug testing - Federal and Iowa

Posted on 05/11/2016 at 12:02 PM by Russell Samson

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: drug policy, drug testing, drug use in employment, employers' drug testing policies, Lisotto v New Prime

The critical role of an MRO in drug testing - Federal and Iowa

The unpublished May 3, 2016, decision of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Lisotto v....

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Colorado Supreme Court: Employer's zero-tolerance drug policy trumps Colorado's medical marijuana law

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:23 AM by Melissa Schilling

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Melissa Schilling

Tagged As: Colorado Supreme Court, drug policy, drug testing, Iowa employers, Iowa employment law, medical marijuana

Colorado Supreme Court: Employer's zero-tolerance drug policy trumps Colorado's medical marijuana law

Co-Authored with Russell L. Sampson and Jill R. Jensen-Welch For years, employers have struggled with the implications o...

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Thoughts of Colorado's legalization of recreational marijuana leads to an Iowa drug testing reminder

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:24 AM by Russell Samson

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: drug testing, Iowa employers, marijauna

Thoughts of Colorado's legalization of recreational marijuana leads to an Iowa drug testing reminder

Readers of Doonesbury and current event watchers  are aware that, by virtue of a ballot-initiative amendment to the...

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Drug testing: Iowa Court of Appeals affirms strict compliance with state law required of employers (part 1 of 3)

Posted on 03/07/2016 at 07:23 AM by Russell Samson

Categories: Employment & Labor Law, Russ Samson

Tagged As: drug testing, employer, Iowa Code, Iowa Employer Law Blog, workplace injuries

Drug testing: Iowa Court of Appeals affirms strict compliance with state law required of employers (part 1 of 3)

The September 6, 2012, decision of the Iowa Court of Appeals in Skipton v. S & J Tube, Inc. contains some important...

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