The Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority, Petitioner v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, Respondent, 242 A.3d 704

Summary

HOLDINGS: [1]-The Unemployment Compensation Board of Review's (UCBR) did not err by granting the former employee unemployment compensation benefits under 43 Pa. Stat. Ann. § 802(e.1) given the remedial nature of the Unemployment Compensation Law to protect employees who become unemployed through no fault of their own. Because the employee provided the medical review officer (MRO) with his valid patient identification card to explain his use of prescribed medical marijuana, it could not be concluded that the MRO's reporting of the employee’s drug test as positive was in accordance with the employer's substance abuse policy.