Harrison v. Employment Appeal Board

TERNUS, Justice.

This case involves the interplay between Iowa’s workplace drug testing law, Iowa Code section 730.5 (2001), and an employee’s eligibility for unemployment benefits. The appellant, Employment Appeal Board, denied unemployment benefits to the ap-pellee, Andrew Harrison, on the ground of misconduct based on Harrison’s positive drug test. The district court reversed the agency decision, concluding (1) the appellant employer, Victor Plastics, Inc., had not complied with the statutory requirements for the drug test that provided the basis for the Board’s finding of misconduct, and…