Legal expert explains latest changes as
New York irons out recreational cannabis
in the workplace
Posted By: Ribicon, 11/7/2021 11:01:51 PM
Albany, N.Y.—As New York’s recreational marijuana laws continue to take shape, employers must get used to stowing their assumptions on when and if their employees choose to smoke. “For instance, marijuana the smell does linger, but that’s not probable cause anymore,” explains Christine Taylor, a partner at Towne Law Firm. “It was the knee-jerk reaction to be like, you obviously are using, I don’t want to employ you anymore, and that can absolutely kind of get you in trouble now.”(Snip)The latest update by the NYS Department of Labor outright prohibits employers from marijuana testing either when hiring or on suspicion an employee is impaired.
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The government says employers have every right to force workers be vaccinated, with some gravy under the table, but the government also says workers can come to work high and the employers can't do a thing about it.