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Issues Raised by New Types of Workplace Drug Testing

October 28th, 2010
This New York Times article discusses an important employment issue that may become more prevelant: whether and how employers may test and discipline employees for using legal prescription drugs. As the article relates, drug testing like this is regu… Read More
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Categories: General News
Tags: ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, Controlled Substances, Discrimination, Drug Testing, Labor and Employment, New York Times, North Carolina

NC Court of Appeals Cases on REDA and Appellate Procedure

May 19th, 2010
Two opinions of note were issued by the North Carolina Court of Appeals yesterday. The first, Beard v. Cumberland County Hospital System, concerns North Carolina’s Retaliatory Employment Discrimination Act (REDA). REDA prohibits discrimination… Read More
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Categories: Judicial Decisions
Tags: ADA, Americans with Disabilities Act, Appeals, Case Commentary, Industrial Commission, Labor and Employment, NC Court of Appeals, REDA, Retaliation, Retaliatory Employment Discrimination Act, Workers' Compensation