Boston Police Department Hair Test May Have Disparate Impact On Black Workers

Mealey's (January 12, 2017, 12:13 PM EST) -- BOSTON — The Boston Police Department has shown that its use of a hair drug test is job related and consistent with business necessity, but a reasonable fact finder could find that an alternative testing method could have met the department’s needs with less of a disparate impact on black workers, a First Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Dec. 28 (Ronnie Jones, et al. v. City of Boston, et al., No. 15-2015, 1st Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 23354)....

Attached Documents

Related Sections