The Effects of Marijuana Legalization on the Workplace in 2020

Recorded Session
60 Minutes

Most US states have legalized medical marijuana, if not recreational use, and many protect cannabis users from employment discrimination. Even federal contractors aren't necessarily exempt from these state protections, so every employer needs to understand how marijuana legalization affects the workplace.

This 60-minute webinar reviews federal law, including the CSA, ADA and FMLA, alongside state medical and recreational cannabis laws and state laws against discrimination. You'll look at case law that is changing views on drugs at work, including implicitly protected classes and drug-free workplaces.

The session closes with common-law privacy concerns and practical tools for workplace drug and alcohol policies and drug testing systems.

WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND?

Conflicting federal and state cannabis laws make it hard to write policies that hold up. This session gives you an overview of the legal landscape and practical tools for handling cannabis and its users at work.

It suits HR professionals, CEOs and managers responsible for workplace policies and drug testing.

AREA COVERED

  • Federal laws and bills on cannabis
  • The Controlled Substances Act (CSA)
  • The ADA and FMLA
  • State medical cannabis laws (MMAs)
  • State recreational cannabis laws
  • State laws against discrimination (LADs)
  • Case law on implicitly protected classes and drug-free workplaces
  • Legal vs illegal cannabis use in workplace policies
  • Common-law privacy concerns
  • Workplace and drug testing policy considerations
  • Best practices

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

  • Explain how federal law treats cannabis in the workplace
  • Describe state legalization and anti-discrimination protections for cannabis users
  • Interpret case law on protected classes and drug-free workplaces
  • Distinguish legal from illegal cannabis use in your policies
  • Address common-law privacy concerns
  • Update drug and alcohol policies and drug testing systems

WHO WILL BENEFIT?

  • HR
  • CEO
  • Managers

Conflicting federal and state cannabis laws make it hard to write policies that hold up. This session gives you an overview of the legal landscape and practical tools for handling cannabis and its users at work.

It suits HR professionals, CEOs and managers responsible for workplace policies and drug testing.

  • Federal laws and bills on cannabis
  • The Controlled Substances Act (CSA)
  • The ADA and FMLA
  • State medical cannabis laws (MMAs)
  • State recreational cannabis laws
  • State laws against discrimination (LADs)
  • Case law on implicitly protected classes and drug-free workplaces
  • Legal vs illegal cannabis use in workplace policies
  • Common-law privacy concerns
  • Workplace and drug testing policy considerations
  • Best practices
  • Explain how federal law treats cannabis in the workplace
  • Describe state legalization and anti-discrimination protections for cannabis users
  • Interpret case law on protected classes and drug-free workplaces
  • Distinguish legal from illegal cannabis use in your policies
  • Address common-law privacy concerns
  • Update drug and alcohol policies and drug testing systems
  • HR
  • CEO
  • Managers
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Speaker Profile

ins_img Deirdre Kamber Todd

Deirdre Kamber Todd, Esq., is a partner with The Kamber Law Group, P.C., a next-generation law firm located in Allentown, Pennsylvania. With fifteen years of experience, Deirdre focuses her practice on labor and employment law, social media and technology law, HIPAA, and business law. Specific areas of her employment law practice include discrimination, wage and hour, restrictive covenants, business contracts, unemployment compensation, LGBT issues, labor disputes, FMLA, military leave, social media litigation, information privacy and technology, agency compliance, and medical record privacy.  Her clients include companies, non-profits, governmental entities, and individuals. Her work includes consultative and legal services, from outsourced HR …

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