Proposal to protect workers from getting fired for off-the-job marijuana use advances with Illinois lawmakers March 14, 2022 AggregatedNews Illinois 0 Comments A proposal to prohibit firing workers for trace amounts of marijuana in their systems moved closer to passage when the Illinois House of Representatives approved the measure earlier this month — but employers remain very leery about it. The chief… Read More→
Does legal marijuana spell end of testing for the drug at NY businesses? May 7, 2021 AggregatedNews New York 0 Comments Recreational marijuana is now legal for adults in New York, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the end of testing for the drug in the workplace, experts said. Although there is nothing in the law that bars companies from testing existing… Read More→
No more urine tests: Proposed California law would end most workplace marijuana tests March 2, 2021 AggregatedNews California 0 Comments California adults can smoke marijuana without fear of going to jail, but using it after hours can still have consequences at work. A new bill in the Legislature aims to end a still common employment practice five years after Californians… Read More→
New Virginia law makes it a crime to inquire about prior convictions for marijuana July 20, 2020 AggregatedNews Virginia 0 Comments Virginia employers are trying to keep up with the influx of changes and updates to the Virginia employment law landscape, including changes to the state’s marijuana laws. It still remains unlawful for a person to knowingly or intentionally possess marijuana… Read More→
Is cannabis use the same as off-duty drinking by workers? Many companies still say no July 29, 2019 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments An employee has a beer or two with colleagues at a local bar after the work shift is over. Another heads home for a glass of wine with dinner. The next day, there is no alcohol impairment in the worker,… Read More→
When the Law Says Using Marijuana Is O.K., but the Boss Disagrees July 22, 2019 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal 0 Comments Smoking pot cost Kimberly Cue her job. Ms. Cue, a 44-year-old chemical engineer from Silicon Valley, received an offer this year from a medical device manufacturer only to have it rescinded when the company found out that she smoked prescription… Read More→
Can Employers In California Still Test for Marijuana? May 1, 2018 AggregatedNews California 0 Comments Recreational marijuana sales in California started in January, causing many employers in the state to re-evaluate their substance-abuse and drug-testing policies. But the rules governing marijuana and the workplace haven't really changed ... yet. Employers should note that they don't… Read More→
Maine Employers Now Prohibited From Discrimination Against Marijuana Use February 11, 2018 AggregatedNews Maine 0 Comments Workers in Maine no longer have to worry about getting in trouble at work for smoking marijuana in their off time. Employers in the state will no longer be able to discriminate against employees for using marijuana or marijuana by-products outside after… Read More→