Case Name: Thomas O'Connor & Co., Inc. vs. Commissioner of the Department of Employment and Training & another
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1996-05-07
Citations: 422 Mass. 1007
Docket Number: No. 2
Parties: Thomas O’Connor & Co., Inc. vs. Commissioner of the Department of Employment and Training & another
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Reports
Volume: 422
Pages: 1007–1008

Head Matter:
Thomas O’Connor & Co., Inc. vs. Commissioner of the Department of Employment and Training & another
(No. 2).
May 7, 1996.
David G. Shay for the plaintiff.
Salvatore M. Giorlandino, Assistant Attorney General, for the Commissioner of the Department of Employment and Training.
Michael A. Murphy.

Opinion:
It would be impossible for an employer to prove a violation of its workplace-related drug policy solely by the proof that before the employee was hired he had used a controlled substance. Moreover, there was no evidence that the employee did anything while at work in violation of the employer's drug policy. The agency decision to award the employee unemployment compensation benefits was correct.
Judgment affirmed.