Rhode Island Supreme Court: Employer May Drug Test Employee After Injury

(June 2, 2020, 10:15 AM EDT) -- PROVIDENCE, R.I. — An employer did not violate the Rhode Island employer drug testing statute when it ordered an employee who had a medical marijuana card and admitted to using marijuana outside of work to take a drug test following an accident at work, the Rhode Island Supreme Court ruled May 29, affirming a Superior Court’s ruling (Michael Colpitts v. W.B. Mason Co., Inc., No. 2018-337-Appeal, R.I. Sup., 2020 R.I. LEXIS 35)....

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