A long-term Narrandera employee who was fired from his job after testing positive for cannabis has won his job back, after the Fair Work Commission ruled his dismissal was harsh and unfair.
Transport infrastructure company Downer EDI Works Pty Ltd sacked the area supervisor after 27 years of service when he tested positive for THC metabolites, the primary psychoactive compound in cannabis.
According to the published decision, the employee was offered a cannabis cigarette by a guest at a social dinner on the night of 22 August 2025. The joint was shared around the group and the man inhaled from it twice. On the weekend, he bought a self-testing drug kit and tested himself, returning a negative result on the Sunday.
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