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Oh, wait. I meant Nevada. Continue reading
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Everything you’ve ever wanted to know about employee opioid and marijuana use in the workplace
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Last week, I participated on a panel on which a few of us employment lawyers discussed the pitfalls and best practices for dealing with issues related to employee opioid and marijuana use in the workplace. Continue reading
For real this time, the EEO-1 deadline is September 30, 2019. Seriously
Multiple reports (1, 2, 3), are confirming that District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan ruled yesterday that the deadline for filing your EEO-1 filing will be September 30, 2019.
(For more on this EEO-1 circus, click here.)
That’s it. That’s all I’ve got for you today. Continue reading
NYC is going to ban pre-employment marijuana drug screening. How do you feel about that?
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Mayor Bill de Blasio is expected to sign the legislation.
Another New Jersey court weighs in on MedMar accommodations…and it’s WILD!
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The case is called Wild v. Carriage Funeral Holdings, Inc. So, yeah, it’s “Wild.”
And so as not to bury the lede, the court concluded that the plaintiff, a medical marijuana user, could pursue discrimination claims under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (the LAD) against his employer. Continue reading
NJ is now THIS CLOSE to legalizing recreational marijuana. Here’s what that means for employers.
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Your employee uses medical marijuana. Her drug test is positive. But, how do you know if she was high at work?
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“Let’s see,” I said to myself. “I want to blog about this important, brand new medical marijuana employment law decision. This is a burgeoning area of the law, and this particular decision will enlighten my readers like few others I’ve written about.”
“Yeah, but unless you can find a ‘free for commercial use, no attribution required’ scales of justice made out of marijuana leaves, I think you should rank the spices in your spice rack instead. After all, readers love a good ‘turmeric v. garam masala’ showdown.”
***Googles ‘marijuana scales of justice’*** Continue reading
Another court greenlights discrimination claims for a medical marijuana user fired for failing a drug test
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In the United States, medical marijuana use is legal in 33 states and the District of Columbia. However, the laws governing the use of medical marijuana vary from state to state. Continue reading
Does the ADA protect someone recovering from drug addiction? Yep.
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I’m sorry, dudes.
I totally meant to give you a blog post yesterday. I did.
But, the night before, which is when I generally compose this drivel, I got distracted. I was preoccupied with a certain MLB playoff game. Specifically, it was the one in which my Red Sox disposed of the Yankees, in Yankee Stadium, much to the chagrin of all of these losers.
I’m not a hater, I just blog a lot. Except on days after big Red Sox wins. Continue reading
A federal court concluded that a federal contractor couldn’t fire a medical marijuana user
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