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Employers Beware: Legal Recreational Use of Marijuana May Be Expanding

By John A. DiNome & Joel S. Barras on October 31, 2014

John DiNome, Joel Barras, and Hadley Perkins have posted a new article on Forbes.com.

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.

To read the full article, please visit Forbes.com.

  • Posted in:
    Employment & Labor
  • Blog:
    Employment Law Watch
  • Organization:
    Reed Smith LLP
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