Bus Driver Who Failed Drug Screen Can’t Sue 
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Published: June 6, 2011
Tags: Judge James R. Spencer, Labor, U.S. District Court - Eastern District
A bus driver who was fired after a post-accident drug screen showed marijuana cannot sue his union local and his employer under the Labor Management Relations Act and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, as his ADEA claim is time-barred as not brought within 90 days of receipt of his right-to-sue letter from the EEOC, ...
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