GEORGIA PACIFIC CORP. v. IVEY

Nos. A01A0158, A01A0230.

549 S.E.2d 471 (2001)

250 Ga. App. 181

GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION v. IVEY. Thurmond v. Ivey.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Reconsideration Denied June 25, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Troutman Sanders, Richard W. Gerakitis, Robert D. Howell, Thomas E. O'Connor, Jr., Atlanta, for appellant (case no. A01A0158).

Thurbert E. Baker, Atty. Gen., Dennis R. Dunn, Deputy Atty. Gen., Susan L. Rutherford, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Kimberly B. Lewis, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant (case no. A01A0230).

Todd C. Hughes, Augusta, Mary I. Dickerson, Lisa J. Krisher, Phyllis J. Holmen, Atlanta, for appellee.


JOHNSON, Presiding Judge.

In these unemployment compensation appeals, we decide whether an employer must comply with the procedures set forth in the drug-free workplace program statutes (OCGA § 34-9-412 et seq.) in order to prove just cause for discharging an employee. We hold that an employee who violates his employer's anti-drug policy may be disqualified from receiving unemployment benefits, even though the employer has not met the statutory requirements for...

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