Tag: reinstatement
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Connecticut man fired for smoking marijuana at work wins appeal
By a 7-0 vote, the Connecticut Supreme Court ordered the reinstatement of an arbitrator’s ruling that Gregory Linhoff, of New Hartford, Connecticut, be suspended for six months without pay and subjected to one year of random drug testing. Linhoff, a state employee for about 15 years, was fired from his union job as a maintenance…
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Connecticut man fired for smoking marijuana at work wins appeal
By a 7-0 vote, the Connecticut Supreme Court ordered the reinstatement of an arbitrator’s ruling that Gregory Linhoff, of New Hartford, Connecticut, be suspended for six months without pay and subjected to one year of random drug testing. Linhoff, a state employee for about 15 years, was fired from his union job as a maintenance…
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Parents Want ‘Opt-Out’ Option for HPV Vaccine, Study Finds
The HPV, or Human Papilloma Virus, vaccine has continued to be seen as controversial. Despite years of recommendations and support from leading medical institutions, parents remain wary about requiring children to receive an HPV vaccination for school admissions, according to a new study. “We were expecting a higher number of parents supporting vaccine requirements,” study…