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Drug Testing
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Employment Law Lookout
Rhode Island Legalizes Cannabis for Recreational Use
By Jennifer L. Mora Seyfarth Synopsis: On May 25, 2022, Rhode Island Governor Daniel McKee signed “The Rhode Island Cannabis Act,” which grants adults aged 21 and older the right…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
California Passes Bill Protecting Employees’ Off-Duty Marijuana Use
By By Christopher W. Olmsted, M. Tae Phillips, Publisher, Zachary V. Zagger
California employers may soon be barred from discharging employees or refusing to hire individuals based on their off-duty use of marijuana, under a new bill headed to the governor’s desk.…
Larkin Hoffman Employment & Labor Law Blog
Minnesota Employers Navigate Legalized THC Edibles
Minnesota employers who conduct pre-employment drug testing or drug testing of current employees are familiar with the protections for employees who are enrolled in the Department of Health Patient Registry…
Drug and Alcohol Testing Law Advisor
Should Employers Continue To Drug Test For Marijuana?
Due to the proliferation of state and local laws legalizing marijuana and protecting off-duty use, employers are struggling with whether it makes sense to continue to drug test for marijuana. …
California Employment Law Update
Job Applicants Need Not Be Paid For Time/Expenses Associated With Drug Testing
By Tony Oncidi
Johnson v. WinCo Foods, LLC, 2022 WL 2112792 (9th Cir. 2022) Alfred Johnson brought this class action against WinCo, seeking compensation as an “employee” for the time and expense of…
The Right Coast
Fauci cancels $1.8 million drug testing on beagle puppies | Washington Examiner
Although the contract to Inimmune Corporation proposed the use of murine and canine preclinical animal models, after consultation with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the company elected to proceed…
Labor & Employment Law Blog
Time Is Not Always Money: Ninth Circuit Holds That Pre-Employment Drug Testing Is Not Compensable Under California Law
On June 13, 2022, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held in Johnson v. WinCo Foods Holdings, Inc, et al. that class members who were not yet employed by WinCo…
California Workplace Law Blog
Pre-Employment Drug Testing Not Compensable Under California Law Holds Ninth Circuit
By Lisa Barnett Sween, Sayaka Karitani
In a recent decision by the Ninth Circuit, the Court of Appeals upheld the district court ruling in favor of grocery chain WinCo Holdings, Inc., holding that plaintiffs who were…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Excusing False Positive Drug Test Caused by CBD Use May Be a Reasonable Accommodation, Says U.S. District Court in Louisiana
By By: Andrew P. Burnside, Claire R. Pitre
A federal district court in Louisiana, in Huber v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Florida, Inc., recently denied an employer’s motion for summary judgment in an Americans with Disabilities…
Law and the Workplace
Washington, D.C. Bill Would Limit Employers’ Ability to Discipline Based on Marijuana Testing
By Guy Brenner, Laura Fant, Alisha Bruce
On June 7, 2022, the Council of the District of Columbia passed the Cannabis Employment Protections Act of 2022 (the “Bill”). If signed into law by D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser,…