State ex rel. Ames v. Portage Cty. Solid Waste Mgt. Dist. Bd. of Commrs.

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• declining to find “a clear mandate of public policy” based on “the bills” that “were still pending”
• firing employee who refused to consent to urinalysis and personal property searches would violate public policy exception to Pennsylvania employment-at-will doctrine if testing program would be tortious invasion of employee’s privacy
• predicting the Pennsylvania Supreme Court would consider all facts surrounding a drug screening program and weigh the employee’s privacy interest against the employer’s interest in maintaining a drug-free workplace
• strong public policy favoring right of privacy implicated by dismissal due to refusal to consent to urinalysis testing and personal property searches
• strong public policy favoring right of privacy implicated by dismissal due to refusal to consent to urinalysis testing and personal property searches
• applying Pennsylvania law and citing the Restatement

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