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A Continuing Discussion on the Opioid Epidemic in the Workplace – Part 3

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Executive Summary: This is Part 3 of a series of Alerts exploring different facets of the ongoing opioid addiction crisis afflicting our country. Our initial Alert on June 12, 2023 outlined the big-picture issues associated...more

Tucker Arensberg, P.C.

Considerations When Updating Your Employee Handbook

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Employee handbooks are an effective tool for employers for a variety of reasons. They set the rules of the road for your organization, aid in legal compliance, and can help your managers deal with potentially difficult...more

Epstein Becker & Green

Employers Must Accommodate Some Workers’ Opioid Use and Treatment

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While the country remains focused on the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. employers cannot ignore the ongoing opioid epidemic or how it may affect their workforces. On August 5, 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...more

McManis Faulkner

2019 Cannabis & Co: Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) in the Post Prop. 64 Era (Part 3)

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2019 Cannabis & Co: Addressing Cannabis in the Workplace (Part 3) will take a closer look at how California Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is affected with Post Prop. 64. - Do employers have a duty to accommodate...more

Dickinson Wright

“Well I’m Gone to Detox Mansion”* – What Employers Should be Mindful of When an Employee Asks for Time to Enter Rehabilitation for...

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From our perspective we appear to be experiencing an uptick in the reporting of employees testing positive for controlled substances, whether how to address positive tests for cannabis in those states in which it is legal to...more

Winstead PC

A Whole Employer Approach to the Opioid Epidemic

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Addressing the opioid epidemic challenges employers due to the many overlapping laws and its many varied facets. One survey reported that 70% of employers have felt some impact from drug abuse, such as absenteeism, use of...more

K&L Gates LLP

Working Wise: Workplace Considerations Related to the Opioid Epidemic

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In this episode, Ryan Redekopp discusses some of the major workplace considerations related to the opioid epidemic, including potential signs that an employee might be suffering from addiction; considerations related to drug...more

Maynard Nexsen

QBB Review: What employers should know—but often don’t—about employee substance abuse

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Many employers believe that alcohol and substance abusers are primarily unemployed or unemployable. Data shows the opposite. Indeed, one study estimates that 90 percent of alcoholics and 74 percent of drug addicts are...more

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Protecting Alcoholics, Preventing Alcohol Misuse and Distinguishing Between the Two

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It has long been clear that the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA) protects alcoholism if it qualifies as a “disability.”1  That said, courts have consistently held that employers can have legitimate work rules...more

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