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Colorado's High Burns Loews [1] 05/04/2014 |
Lowe’s doesn’t want people acutely or sub-acutely under the influence of marijuana operating forklifts, using circular saws, cutting ceramic tiles, driving company trucks — or cleaning its toilets. And no, the company isn’t interested in lowering its hiring standards, either, said Amy, the friendly and always-approachable manager at my favorite Lowe’s store.... “We’re trying to find the best people to hire, and it’s really hard these days,” Amy the manager told me....However, one thing is certain: Lowe’s isn’t the only Colorado employer struggling to find drug-free workers to fill decent jobs. Colorado [2], Employer [3], drug testing [4] |
Medical Marijuana User Sues Company That Fired Her [5] 08/08/2014 |
Business [6], Employer [3] |
Marijuana and the Workplace [7] 08/18/2014 |
The Marijuana Report workplace [8], Business [6], Employer [3] |
Employers grapple with possibility of legal medical marijuana [9] 09/12/2014 |
Business [6], Employer [3], drug free workplace [10] |
What will Legal Marijuana Cost Employers? [11] 04/18/2015 |
drug free workplace [10], Business [6], Employer [3] |
Colo. company says pot pushed them out of state [12] 04/23/2015 |
DENVER – Little Spider Creations [13] had been making scary creations in Denver for 24 years, but the owner of the company says legalizing recreational marijuana changed everything. He recently moved his company to North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Marijuana showed up in 20% more employee drug tests the first year marijuana was legalized/ Quest Diagnosis Employer [3], Moving [14] |
Colorado Supreme Court Provides a Moment of Sanity on Marijuana [15] 06/30/2015 |
In a unanimous (6-0) decision on June 15, 2015 in Coats v. Dish Network, the Colorado Supreme Court, ruled that an employer could fire an employee for testing positive for marijuana in that state despite the legality of both medical and recreational marijuana, even if the marijuana use were based on a physician’s recommendation and even if the marijuana use were limited to nonworking hours away from the workplace. The Colorado state marijuana laws are in conflict with the federal law, under which marijuana is an illicit substance and in this Supreme Court ruling, marijuana use was therefore considered “illegal.” Colorado [2], Employer [3], Business [6], supreme court [16] |
Medical marijuana: A growing issue for employers in Workers’ Compensation [17] 07/02/2015 |
Currently, there are several factors hindering adoption: Employer [3], workman's comp [18] |
Employers Grapple with Heroin Epidemic [19] 09/02/2015 |
An employer should have a written drug testing policy that includes:
Employer [3], drug testing [4], drug free workplace [10] |
Work Wanted: Employers planning to ban marijuana users from being hired at all despite legalization push [20] 01/23/2016 |
According to the Institute for a Drug Free Workplace, the U.S. Department of Justice reports that 50 percent of all on-the-job accidents and up to 40 percent of employee theft is due to drug abuse. The Institute says that drug-abusing employees are absent from work ten times more frequently than their non-using peers, and the turnover rate is 30 percent higher than for those employees who do not engage in abuse of illicit drugs. Employer [3], drug free workplace [10], Business [6] |
Trends in Marijuana Legalization: A Wake-Up Call for Employers [21] 02/01/2016 |
Acceptance of employee marijuana use means increased accidents and injuries, loss of workplace productivity, increased workers' compensation claims, and employee turnover, to name a few problems (National Institutes of Health). These losses have real dollar value that impacts small-business owners considerably. Ultimately, the most costly battles will be fought in the courts at the employers' expense. Weakening or removing employers' rights for a safe and drug free workplace ultimately threatens all of us. Employer [3], Employees [22], drug free workplace [10] |
Workplace cannabis: What employers and employees need to know [23] 02/01/2017 |
“There is some misinterpretation that employers can’t fire employees now that [cannabis is] legal, but employers can still enforce their policies as there is nothing in the law that says they have to accommodate that,” said Robin Largent, partner at Carothers Disante & Freudenberger LLP in Sacramento. workplace [8], Employer [3] |
SAM-What Employers and Businesses Should Know about Marijuana [24] 03/31/2017 |
Marijuana legalization also involves significant downsides to existing businesses. As marijuana use has increased in states that have legalized its use, so has use by employees, both on and off the job. Large businesses in Colorado now state that after legalization they have had to hire out-of-state residents in order to find employees that can pass a pre-employment drug screen. SAM [25], Employer [3], Business [6] |
Links
[1] http://www.rethinkpot.org/colorados-high-burns-loews
[2] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/colorado%2A
[3] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/employer
[4] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/drug-testing
[5] http://www.rethinkpot.org/medical-marijuana-user-sues-company-fired-her
[6] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/business
[7] http://www.rethinkpot.org/marijuana-and-workplace
[8] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/workplace
[9] http://www.rethinkpot.org/employers-grapple-possibility-legal-medical-marijuana
[10] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/drug-free-workplace
[11] http://www.rethinkpot.org/what-will-legal-marijuana-cost-employers
[12] http://www.rethinkpot.org/colo-company-says-pot-pushed-them-out-state-0
[13] http://www.littlespidercreations.com/
[14] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/moving
[15] http://www.rethinkpot.org/colorado-supreme-court-provides-moment-sanity-marijuana
[16] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/supreme-court
[17] http://www.rethinkpot.org/medical-marijuana-growing-issue-employers-workers%E2%80%99-compensation
[18] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/workmans-comp
[19] http://www.rethinkpot.org/employers-grapple-heroin-epidemic
[20] http://www.rethinkpot.org/work-wanted-employers-planning-ban-marijuana-users-being-hired-all-despite-legalization-push
[21] http://www.rethinkpot.org/trends-marijuana-legalization-wake-call-employers
[22] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/employees
[23] http://www.rethinkpot.org/workplace-cannabis-what-employers-and-employees-need-know
[24] http://www.rethinkpot.org/sam-what-employers-and-businesses-should-know-about-marijuana
[25] http://www.rethinkpot.org/tags/sam