Court Opinion

ID: 4812791
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2021-08-21 14:16:28.883414+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:10:40.942611
License: Public Domain

BONIN, J.,
concurs with reasons.
Li concur.
Mr. DeSalvo was apparently drug-tested under the authority of La. R.S. 49:1015 A. The cut-off level for marijuana, which is specified by statute, “shall be no less than fifty nanogram,s/ML and no more than one hundred nanograms/ML as specified by the employer or testing entity.” La. R.S. 49:1005 B (emphasis added). Here, the employer and the testing entity are relying upon a lesser cut-off limit, which contravenes the clear dictates of law because the NOPD is using the below cut-off limit for a “negative employment consequence,” namely termination of employment. See La. R.S. 49:1001(5), 1005 A. As a matter of law, these test results cannot support the termination of Mr. DeSalvo, who is not an at-will employee.