Former LIRR employees challenge marijuana policies

By admin | June 29, 2023 |

Former LIRR employees challenge marijuana policies

Marijuana may be legal in New York, but if you work for the LIRR, you could still lose your job if you test positive. Now, two former employees have been filed suit over their firings over marijuana use. FOX 5 NY’s Jessica Formoso has the story.

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24 Comments

  1. Cynthia Kozikowski on June 29, 2023 at 5:17 pm

    Sorry, but if you are under the influence while working, you deserve to get canned. We do not need high ass employees impacting public safety.



  2. Ring A. Leaveo on June 29, 2023 at 5:18 pm

    So I can carry a flask of Jack Daniels in my pocket?



  3. Wray & Nephew on June 29, 2023 at 5:19 pm

    The reporter is wrong when she says "Employers are no longer required to test for Marijuana"
    Employers were never required in the first place. Employers chose to test for narcotics which includes Marijuana. Employers still have the freedom to require a test.

    The lawyer is also wrong. Employers requiring employees to take a drug test does not violate state law. State law only legalizes recreational use. This does not include on the work place or what employers require of their employees. Also, there is no Federal law that address employment rights for narcotic users or employers hiring narcotic users.
    If the MTA already had a written policy with regards to narcotics use then the former employees have no case.



  4. Blue Chex on June 29, 2023 at 5:22 pm

    Weed is for triggers



  5. Buy New, Never Fix. on June 29, 2023 at 5:24 pm

    Pot is for losers.



  6. Fade on June 29, 2023 at 5:24 pm

    I use cannabis but I can’t say i’d be cool with a signalman or train engineer being as high as I am on the same train ☠️😂



  7. 17 76 on June 29, 2023 at 5:33 pm

    RIDICULOUS. 🤬 Needs to STOP being classified as a Schedule One drug…🤬



  8. B on June 29, 2023 at 5:34 pm

    Safety sensitive , same with alcohol, it’s legal but it will impair thinking and motor skills. Would you want a doctor to operate on you while high? Ok now get back to work k.c. Jones



  9. Crangaso on June 29, 2023 at 5:35 pm

    #FUCKtheLIRR



  10. crazykenbei on June 29, 2023 at 5:39 pm

    I mean also 25 years on the job, coming off medical leave and coming back at this point you know youre going to get tested lol why take the risk?



  11. Bill Coyne on June 29, 2023 at 5:43 pm

    .. out of court settlement 😕.. retire to a private island 😂



  12. Micheal Daly on June 29, 2023 at 5:45 pm

    Yet its ok for Super Safety sensive positions in the Police and Fire Department. GTFOH



  13. G Henry on June 29, 2023 at 5:45 pm

    I don’t know why they complaining; they can now stay home and smoke all day and don’t have to worry about working.



  14. QBL Otaku on June 29, 2023 at 5:46 pm

    Last thing we need is to legalize cocaine and other hardcore drugs



  15. panhead55 on June 29, 2023 at 5:56 pm

    If they are really about zero toloernce and safety they’d be testing for alcohol and doing daily sobriety tests.



  16. Chippies121 on June 29, 2023 at 5:57 pm

    What y’all don’t realize is a lot of these workers drink and do worse drugs than weed. I get the zero tolerance WHILE ON THE JOB, but they can definitely change the rule similar to what airlines do..no substances 8-10 hours before work.



  17. LONE WOLF RC'S on June 29, 2023 at 5:57 pm

    i agree with the lirr having a zero tolerance for any drug they drive high speed bullets basically and i do not want the driver high legal or not



  18. Nebuchadnezzar on June 29, 2023 at 6:03 pm

    MTA worker who is closely tied with safety of passengers wants to keep their job and smoke weed?



  19. Real Talk on June 29, 2023 at 6:06 pm

    They talmbout safety but people keep getting stabbed in thier subway stations.



  20. Fidelity’s Adventures❤️ on June 29, 2023 at 6:07 pm

    MTA employees don’t need to be high
    Stop letting pot heads work safety sensitive jobs



  21. Patrick Craan on June 29, 2023 at 6:10 pm

    Don’t smoke pot if you work for MTA.



  22. Darien Station on June 29, 2023 at 6:13 pm

    They don’t understand that it’s a federally regulated position.



  23. sugarman08 on June 29, 2023 at 6:14 pm

    They’re just trying to get them out so they can get their cronies in



  24. Micheal Daly on June 29, 2023 at 6:15 pm

    Yet alcohol use off duty in fine…Hmmmm