United States:
Employers Beware: Legal Recreational Use Of Marijuana May Be Expanding
03 November 2014
Reed Smith
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Next week, residents of Oregon, Alaska, and Washington, D.C.
will vote on initiatives to legalize the sale of recreational
marijuana, reflecting a nationwide trend toward legalization. Given
these and similar initiatives in other states, employers will face
new challenges in managing their workforce. Policies implicated by
these new laws are as varied as disability accommodation under the
Americans with Disabilities Act, drug testing, pre-employment
background checks and zero tolerance programs.
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