Pa. Panel OKs Unemployment Claim After Medical Pot Firing
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Law360 (June 8, 2021, 5:36 p.m. EDT) – A Pennsylvania appeals court ruled Tuesday in a published ruling that a warehouse worker who was fired from work after failing a drug test could continue to receive unemployment benefits based on testimony he told his employer about his medical marijuana prescription.
A three-judge Commonwealth Court panel ruled that the State Unemployment Compensation Panel made the correct decision when it came to the testimony of former Jack Lehr Electric employee Robert Moyer that he was making his authorized use of medical marijuana in accordance with Company regulations Had disclosed, credited drug policy before failing a urine test last year.
“After an evaluation …
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