9th Circuit Affirms Dismissal Of Employees’ UCL Case Over Unpaid Drug Tests

Mealey's (June 14, 2022, 12:53 PM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on June 13 affirmed a district court’s dismissal of a grocery store chain employee’s class action accusing the chain of violating California’s unfair competition law (UCL) by denying prospective employees wages for time spent taking mandatory pre-employment drug tests, writing that the claims fail because the class members were not hired until after the tests....