State v. Connecticut Employees Union Independent

In today's decision, this court concludes that an arbitrator's award that effectively precludes an employer from terminating an employee who was abusing drugs on the job does not violate public policy. Because this result is legally required by this court's recent decision in Burr Road Operating Co. II, LLC v. New England Health Care Employees Union, District 1199, 316 Conn. 618 , 114 A.3d 144 (2015) ( Burr Road ), the principle of stare decisis compels me-reluctantly-to concur in the judgment reversing the trial court's denial of the application filed by the named defendant, Connecticut…