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Bimonthly News Update
Drugs Don't Work in NJ will be hosting a FREE webinar Thursday, February 10, at 1pm - "How to Address Marijuana in the Workplace". This webinar is open to all NJ residents, so we strongly encourage you to share this information with your employees, family and friends and business associates. If you have any questions, please contact Bill Lillis, Drug-Free Workplace Coordinator, at bill@drugfreenj.org or 862-253-6808.
Although COVID-19 may have caused last year to feel like a long extension of 2020, 2021 saw several significant changes to New Jersey’s employment law landscape that have nothing to do with face coverings or vaccinations.
Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital have found a noninvasive brain imaging procedure to be an objective and reliable way to identify individuals whose performance has been impaired by THC, the psychoactive ingredient in cannabis.
Every year, employers find themselves revisiting their marijuana and drug testing policies to account for newly enacted laws at the state and local level.
Although Congress failed to pass federal legislation legalizing cannabis in 2021, the push to end the federal prohibition of the ever-growing industry continues to gain steam.
More than six months after New York legalized recreational use of marijuana, the state’s department of labor has published a guidance document intended to help employers navigate the Marijuana Regulation and Taxation Act.
If you’re looking for a job in Philadelphia, you may no longer need to pass a drug test for marijuana.
While this article may indeed become a snapshot of its time of publication rather than a dissection of today’s latest developments, in New Jersey and New York in particular, employment and labor laws have been rapidly evolving over the last couple of years.
With healthcare costs rising across the country and the pandemic taking a toll on public health, employee health and well-being have never been more important than they are today. One troubling trend is the spike in addiction rates as people turned to drugs and alcohol as a coping mechanism. Inevitably, these addictions carry forward into the workplace.
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