Appeals Court Upholds Unemployment Benefits for Fired MED Patient

A Pennsylvania MED patient who was fired after a positive drug test is entitled to unemployment benefits, a Pennsylvania appeals court has ruled.

The court sided with Terrence Suber, a former employee of the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority, in its decision. Suber, who had worked as a customer service representative for four months before his firing in July 2019, had previously been denied unemployment benefits, but that denial was overturned in January by the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (UCBR). 

The UCBR’s ruling was upheld Wednesday by the appeals court, which found that . . .