mcglinchey: Use of Cannabis by Workers in Safety-Sensitive Positions
By Chase Stoecker & Heidi Urness on May 16, 2023 States Regulating Marijuana Use Off-Site and At Work While states continue to regulate employers’ right to refuse to hire, discipline, or terminate employees based on their on- and off-duty marijuana use, some legal...
Prince Lobel: Alert: New Law Allows New York Cannabis Office to Curb Illicit Cannabis Stores
The State of New York has passed new legislation to increase penalties for the sale of cannabis by unlicensed and illicit dispensaries. The new measures give the Office of Cannabis Management (“OCM”) and the Department of Taxation and Finance (“DTF”) increased...
Seyfarth: Clearing the Haze: The Method and the Madness Behind the New Cannabis Laws in California and Washington
On September 18, 2022, California amended its primary employment discrimination law to specifically regulate the drug testing methodologies that employers may use when making hiring, termination, and other employment decisions relating to cannabis users. More...
Bradley: Delta Great? Tennessee Legislature Passes Industry-Friendly Bill to Regulate Psychoactive, Hemp-Derived Cannabinoids
By J. Hunter Robinson, Whitt Steineker & Richard W.F. Swor on May 10, 2023 While it appears likely that Tennessee will be the last Deep South state to legalize medical cannabis (as we wrote about here), it has always been a favorable state for the hemp industry....
Jackson Lewis: Washington State to Bar Employers From Relying on Off-Duty Use of Marijuana in Hiring Decisions
By Kathryn J. Russo and Sherry L. Talton May 10, 2023 The state of Washington will prohibit employers from making hiring decisions based on off-duty use of cannabis or positive pre-employment drug test results that find an applicant to have nonpsychoactive...Top 200 Cannabis Lawyers
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