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• 5 Tips for Helping Employees Manage Their Mental Health during COVID-19

What can employers do to help distanced employees address mental and behavioral health issues?                                                                                                                 

• New York City Human Rights Law Ban on Pre-Employment Marijuana Testing Takes Effect

The New York City Commission on Human Rights issued a written reminder on May 8, 2020 that the law prohibiting pre-employment marijuana testing is effective on May 10, 2020

• Work Environments in Medical Marijuana Age: What Employers Can and Cannot Do

The legalization of cannabis in Florida is its infancy. The various Florida laws and regulations regarding cannabis are developing with the passage of time.                                                  

• New York Employers: Engage in the Interactive Process before Disciplining Medical Marijuana Users

In contrast to courts in California and other jurisdictions, a New York state court has held that medical marijuana users are entitled to reasonable accommodations, even if they only obtain certification after testing positive for marijuana

• Congressman, leaders in the cannabis space to speak on webinar, ‘Where Does America Go from Here?

Proponents of legalizing cannabis say the coronavirus pandemic has renewed old arguments for why the plant with medical qualities and recreational uses should come out of the shadows, especially now.                                           

• First medical marijuana research launches in Pa.; patients to be paid for participating In Jefferson U. studies

Six years after the idea was germinated, the nation’s first state-authorized medical marijuana research program is being launched in Philadelphia, state officials said.                                

• Can CBD Show Up in a Drug-Test?

Millions of employees in all sorts of industries are encountering a new question when it comes to drug testing in their workplace

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