Jones v. Brown & Root Corporate Services

L. CHARLES WRIGHT, Retired Appellate Judge.

This is an unemployment compensation case with undisputed facts.

Brown and Root is an engineering firm that regularly performs work under federal contracts. As a federal contractor, Brown and Root is required to follow the Drug-free Workplace Act of 1988. 41 U.S.C. § 701(b)(1) (1987). In accordance with the *259act, Brown and Root implemented a Drug and Alcohol Policy.

In November 1990 Timothy Jones was hired by Brown and Root as an electrician-helper. As part of the company’s pre-em-ployment process Jones read the substance abuse policy and signed a…