Can I sue for unpaid wages for being "off-duty?"

Georgia is an employment at will state. In Georgia no person has a right to work for another person. No person has a right to a job. It is the employer's choice whether he wants to hire or retain an employee. And he can place whatever lawful conditions he wishes upon his decision to hire or keep you employed. It is your choice as the employee whether you want to continue working for an employer, including one that adopts a "zero tolerance" policy on illegal drug use. The fact that the employer's drug policy crimps your lifestyle choices outside of work does not make the time outside of work compensable under either federal or state law. You are only paid for time that you work. Not for time you spend in a pot-induced daze outside of work. The fact that the employer's policy inhibits your freedom to partake does not make the time compensable under the wage hour laws. If you partake in marijuana while Colorado, you may not be violating Colorado law but you are violating federal law. There is no "legal limit" for THC metabolites in your bodily fluids. Some individuals are more susceptible to impairment on small amounts than others. Thus employers adopt "zero tolerance" policies. If you choose partake in drug use in Colorado and return to Georgia and are found with THC metabolites in your bodily fluids the employer has every right (and indeed under the Georgia Drug Free Workplace law he is encouraged) to fire you.  My advice: Grow up and take responsibility for yourself rather than allowing your brains and your future to dissolve in a haze of marijuana smoke.   Michael A. Caldwell