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With a big ‘ol tip of the cap to Phil Miles, Esq. over at Lawffice Space (here) and Daniel Cummins at Tort Talk (here), we’ve got some news that should interest Pennsylvania employers. Continue reading
Articles Posted in Drug Testing
READ THIS: “Marijuana and the Workplace: It’s Complicated”
If you’ve got workplace drug testing for marijuana all figured out, you can skip today’s post.
As for the rest of you… Continue reading
SCOOP! PA businesses may have to allow employees to use medical marijuana outside of work
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This definitely caught me flat-footed. Continue reading
Everything* that employers need to know about medical marijuana and the workplace
*Just about everything; enough to fill a 90-minute presentation that I’m giving tomorrow. Continue reading
Five things NJ employers need to know about the State’s expanded medical marijuana law
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Here are five things that local employers need to know about the amended CUMMA. Continue reading
And the first state to ban employers from refusing to hire applicants who test positive for marijuana is…
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Alabama.
Oh, wait. I meant Nevada. Continue reading
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