CAWorker06
Junior Member
What is the name of your state? California
Hello,
Can an employer send an employee home without pay for having taken certain prescribed medications (ADDED: and being under the effects of said drug while on shift)? My workplace has an apparently new or newly enforced policy that employees that take certain prescribed medications, including but not limited to narcotic pain relievers, will be sent home if they are under the influence of the medication on the job site. My workplace is a warehouse, and many of the job functions are often physically demanding (IE lifting and moving heavy objects). I believe the rationale is that accidents could have been prevented had the employee not been under the effects of the drug.
Hello,
Can an employer send an employee home without pay for having taken certain prescribed medications (ADDED: and being under the effects of said drug while on shift)? My workplace has an apparently new or newly enforced policy that employees that take certain prescribed medications, including but not limited to narcotic pain relievers, will be sent home if they are under the influence of the medication on the job site. My workplace is a warehouse, and many of the job functions are often physically demanding (IE lifting and moving heavy objects). I believe the rationale is that accidents could have been prevented had the employee not been under the effects of the drug.
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