Pre-employment Marijuana Screens to be outlawed in Philadelphia

Excerpted from an SHRM article by Roy Maurer The Philadelphia City Council approved a measure on April 22 prohibiting most employers in the city from testing new hires for marijuana […]
New York state of mind – What legalized weed means for employers

Excerpted from a Forbes article by Alonzo Martinez After years of debating and advancing marijuana laws, beginning with legalizing the medical use of cannabis in 2014 to decriminalize minor marijuana-related […]
Oregon takes a sharp turn away from war on drugs as Measure 110 kicks in

Excerpted from OPB by Kristian Foden-Vencil Big changes in Oregon’s drug laws take effect today. After decades of waging a war on drugs, voters decided in November to decriminalize the […]
Employer challenges ruling which says positive cocaine test insufficient to terminate – Say what?

Imagine you have an employee who failed a drug test and tested positive for cocaine. Imagine this employee drove a truck for your company. You would fire said employee, right? […]