Wow. I'm sure they put a lot of thought into the decision, but it can be resolved with a simple question. If your loved one was in that facility and needed those painkillers to avoid crippling pain, would you want this woman to be the nurse?

I appreciate sympathy for this woman, but not at the expense of others. Let her find another line of work.

"Occupational hazard", "Disability"

SMH

If a gambling addict works in a bank and steals money, should they not be fired?

This scares me. This could be decision with far ranging results in Canada.
According to the article, she is "in remission" from her disease, but doesn't remission implies that she isn't "cured". What happens when she relapses? Can I use relapse, or is it "when her disease returns"?
In the words of Al Jorgenson (and he would know) "Never trust a junkie."

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Absolutely unreal. What a messed up process.

In the US, to have a "qualifying disability" under the Americans with Disabilities Act, you must be "able to perform the essential functions of the job with or without accommodation." So, for example, to be protected as an individual diagnosed as an addict, you have to be drug/alcohol free. So, if you show up to work drunk or high, and claim to be protected as an addict, you lose, because showing up to work under the influence does not make on able to perform the essential functions of the job.

In this case, her theft and doctoring of records would disqualify her.

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If you were an opioid addict and showed up high, you could function with accommodation in the form of narcan.

Note: im not advocating this, just looking for ways to argue it out of boredom.

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It's legal for an employer to have a zero tolerance policy which prohibits certain levels of certain drugs. So, if the person tested positive, that person would not be performing the essential functions of the job, which require the person to be drug free.

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If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. - Will Rogers

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Lame! In related news, you're going to be busier since it sounds like Wisconsin is headed towards legalized medical marijuana.

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Wisconsin needs to follow Michigan's lead and legalize all cannabis usage.

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If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went. - Will Rogers

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Sustained

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