Skip to content

Traditional Labor Management

Higher tolerance: Should employers change drug testing policies as marijuana use is legalized?

By Sarah Ritter [email protected] In states relaxing marijuana laws, some employers have been left in a haze. That’s according to national cannabis law specialist Michelle Lee Flores, an employment attorney with Akerman in Los Angeles. She said changing marijuana use laws have caused some employers to hash out new drug testing standards, while others are still skeptical about implementing higher-tolerance policies. “Here in California, when adult use was passed, there… Read More »Higher tolerance: Should employers change drug testing policies as marijuana use is legalized?

Alert: Summer 2018 Labor and Employment Update

Justice Kennedy’s retirement will create ideological consequences, but what about in the Labor and Employment arena? How have the recent Supreme Court decisions changed the landscape in employment law? Has the NLRB changed its tune regarding handbook policies? These questions and more are discussed below in Pappas & O’Connor’s 2018 Summer Labor & Employment Update.