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Drug Testing
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Texas Employment Lawyer
What Happens on “Four Twenty-One”?
Dallas Employment Lawyer Paige Melendez April 20th or "Four Twenty" just passed and whether you chose to celebrate by engaging in marijuana use (within the confines of state and federal…
California Employment Law Report
Understanding the Shift: California’s Ban on Employer Cannabis Inquiries and Testing
Governor Newsom signed a new law this week restricting employers from asking about marijuana use and conducting certain drug tests for applicants and employees. This Friday’s Five covers what the…
Simple Justice
Halkides: Mistaking Cannabidiol For Tetrahydrocannabinol
Ed. Note: Chris Halkides has been kind enough to try to make us lawyers smarter by dumbing down science enough that we have a small chance of understanding how it’s…
California Workplace Law Blog
California Bans Inquiries About Applicant Cannabis Use
By Ellen E. Cohen, Kathryn J. Russo
On October 7, 2023, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill (SB) 700, which makes it unlawful under the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) for an employer to discriminate against a…
Legal Profession Blog
Urine Trouble
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has accepted an attorney's resignation in the face of a number of allegations includingv. Count V: Respondent's Positive Drug Tests. Respondent participated in a deposition regarding the…
Illinois Workers Compensation Law Blog
IL Work Comp – Can They Drug Test You A Week After The Accident?
By Mike Helfand
Some employers are the worst. There's a factory just south of Chicago that would fit that description. The story I was told by one of their employees was that he…
Employment Law Lookout
Puff-Puff-Pass the Ball? NCAA Ponders a Different Kind of High Standard for Drug Testing Athletes
By Sydney Jenkins Seyfarth Synopsis: College athletes around the country may soon be in for an unexpected change in drug testing requirements. The NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of…
Larkin Hoffman Employment & Labor Law Blog
Navigating the Legalization of Marijuana: Update Your Drug and Alcohol Testing Policies
By Phyllis Karasov, Nic Puechner
On August 1, 2023, recreational marijuana and cannabis products became legal in the state of Minnesota. Employers are now asking how this new law affects their employment policies and procedures.…
Law Times News
Ontario Superior Court imposes supervised parenting time on father who failed drug test
Both parents of the child have a history of substance abuse
Hiring To Firing Law Blog
Employer Drug-Testing Policies Must Evolve With State Law
By Agustin Rodriguez, Christina Sava, Tracey Diamond, Jennifer Ciccarelli
Published in Law360 on July 19, 2023. © Copyright 2023, Portfolio Media, Inc., publisher of Law360. Reprinted here with permission. While many individuals are excited about the proliferation of state laws providing…