Testing employees for illegal drug use is one thing. But what about testing them for legal prescription drug use?
The latter concept has one Tennessee employer in hot water, battling two separate lawsuits in which employees claim they were forced to undergo unlawful drug tests that checked for various prescription medicines such as painkillers. The suits claim that the employer — Dura Automotive Systems Inc., an auto parts supplier — had no valid reason to order the tests and took adverse action against employees who tested positive for various legally prescribed drugs, including firing some who refused to stop taking the medications or couldn’t work without them.
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