Tag: workplace drug testing

What should you do when employees are addicted to prescription drugs?

By Virginia Employment Law Letter Sep 15, 2017 HR Hero Line

Updated: Jan 26, 2019

by Jonathan R. Mook, DimuroGinsberg, PC Addiction to prescription drugs, especially opioids, has become a crisis in this country. Not a day goes by that we don’t hear about the mounting number of shattered lives and tragic deaths attributed to this growing epidemic. Employers are feeling the brunt of the crisis as employees are increasingly […]

Where there’s smoke, you’re fired: tackling rising costs of tobacco use

By HR Hero Line Jun 4, 2014 HR Hero Line

Updated: Jan 7, 2018

by Holly K. Jones, J.D., If there’s one thing on which smokers and nonsmokers can agree, it’s that smoking is an expensive habit. While tobacco companies and trade groups challenge coupon and discount bans on cigarettes, employers have taken up a different fight against the rising costs of smoking.   For several years, employers have begun […]

Medical Marijuana Compassionate Use Laws Among 2010 Legislative Actions

By Employers State Law Alert Apr 15, 2010 HR Hero Line

Updated: Apr 15, 2010

by Lorraine Yeomans The 2010 state legislative sessions have kicked off across the nation, and one of the first pieces of legislation to be signed into law this year was a bill legalizing the use of medical marijuana. On January 18, as one of his last acts before leaving office, New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine […]