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Employee Drug Screening Best Practices: Preventing Discrimination in the Workplace
Drug screening in the workplace has always been a complex process, but changes in recent years have led to additional layers of concern for employers. Marijuana legalization, automatic expungement, fair chance, and ban the box laws mean expecting an applicant to submit to a drug test is not straightforward. Navigating the compliance rules and the rights of job seekers and employees is complex. Additionally, you’ll contend with the logistics of organizing your screening program.
Massachusetts Might Legalize Psilocybin - What Does It Mean for Drug Screening?
Across the country, shifting attitudes and changing laws about marijuana usage have created new challenges for employers. Not only can such changes make interpreting employee drug screening results more difficult, but they also create new compliance challenges. In some states, employers can no longer deny job applicants who test positive for marijuana. Likewise, automatic expungement of some cannabis-related offenses from criminal records can complicate your due diligence.
New Employee Drug Screening Rules for Michigan State Jobs
As Michigan Changes Employee Drug Screening Rules, Employers Should Take Note Has the nationwide movement towards cannabis legalization reached a tipping point? As states and municipalities change their rules about employee drug screening, the answer increasingly seems to be "yes." Not only is legal marijuana likely here to stay in the many states where such laws now exist, but its social acceptance continues on an upward trend, too. As a result, could it be time for employers to start rethinking their policies about testing for marijuana?
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