Arbitrator Reinstates Oregon County Employee Fired For Medical Marijuana Use June 23, 2016 AggregatedNews HR and Staffing 0 Comments In a rare ruling, an arbitrator has found that an Oregon county government erred in firing an employee for his off-duty use of medical marijuana late last year. Michael Hirsch, a 60-year-old prostate cancer survivor, will be reinstated to his… Read More→
Ohio Supreme Court Will Decide If Attorneys Can Use Medical Marijuana June 22, 2016 AggregatedNews Compliance and Regulations 0 Comments Ohio's new medical marijuana law prohibits disciplining professionals for working with marijuana businesses or patients, but it's not clear whether that applies to attorneys. Only the Ohio Supreme Court can discipline licensed attorneys. Lawyers have submitted at least two requests… Read More→
Last Word: It’s Time For HR to Deal with the Reality of Legal Marijuana in the Workplace June 13, 2016 John Hollon HR and Staffing, Policy & Legal 1 Comment It's starting to become a tired topic, but that may be because no one has a good solution to it yet. Yes, more and more we're seeing that workplace policies are running head on into state marijuana laws that allow… Read More→
Employers Urged to Put in Place Drug Policies For Legal Marijuana June 13, 2016 AggregatedNews HR and Staffing 0 Comments Employers, including small businesses, should put in place employee drug policies to deal with legalized marijuana. Employee drug use, which includes marijuana, costs businesses more than $129 billion a year in lost revenue, and can cost a small business up… Read More→
Nevada Supreme Court Sides with Casino Worker Fired for Using Medical Marijuana May 23, 2016 AggregatedNews HR and Staffing, News & Insights 0 Comments The Nevada Supreme Court has ruled a Las Vegas casino worker is entitled to collect unemployment benefits after being fired for testing positive for marijuana. The justices said the downtown Las Vegas Club — which was shuttered last summer —… Read More→
Ohio Employers’ Ability to Fire Medical Marijuana Users Irks Some Legislators May 11, 2016 AggregatedNews HR and Staffing 0 Comments The Ohio House of Representatives on Tuesday overwhelmingly approved a medical marijuana bill and the next morning, a Quinnipiac University poll showed 9 in 10 Ohioans support marijuana as medicine. Marijuana has momentum, and the House addressed some of the… Read More→
4 Things Employers Should Know About Marijuana and the Workplace May 11, 2016 AggregatedNews HR and Staffing, News & Insights 0 Comments With marijuana now slowly being legalized in more states, employers should now become aware of their rights and obligations about marijuana in the workplace. Here are four things they need to bear in mind 1 -- Employers have the option… Read More→
4 Things Employers Should Know About Marijuana and the Workplace May 11, 2016 AggregatedNews HR and Staffing, News & Insights 0 Comments With marijuana now slowly being legalized in more states, employers should now become aware of their rights and obligations about marijuana in the workplace. Here are four things they need to bear in mind: 1 -- Employers have the option… Read More→
Last Word: What a Tangled Workplace Web We Weave With Medical Marijuana April 25, 2016 John Hollon Policy & Legal 0 Comments The workplace is a very complicated place, and new laws and regulations get dumped on managers and business owners all the time. This is especially true of states where medical marijuana is legal, because medical cannabis users run smack into… Read More→
How Pennsylvania Employers Deal With Workers Using Medical Marijuana April 25, 2016 AggregatedNews HR and Staffing, Human Capital Management 0 Comments The Pennsylvania House and Senate have been abuzz in the last few weeks with SB3, the Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Act, which was signed into law. Why is the Medical Marijuana Act important to Pennsylvania employers and employment law attorneys? Because… Read More→
Ohio Legislature Pushing Bills to Allow For Firing of Workers Who Use Medical Marijuana April 15, 2016 AggregatedNews Ohio, Policy & Legal 0 Comments Ohioans who are legally prescribed marijuana to alleviate symptoms for serious illnesses could still be fired from their jobs under both major proposals to legalize marijuana's use as a medicine. Republicans in the Ohio House introduced their medical marijuana bill,… Read More→