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The 5 Most Common Blind Spots Among Rapidly Scaling Cannabis Companies

“The green rush” is more than a buzzy catchphrase for the cannabis industry. For those on the ground—cultivators, manufacturers, retailers and beyond—this boom of opportunity means rapid scaling and constant problem solving. But in the rush to expand operations, some…

5 Clever Ways Dispensaries Use Technology to Save Money

Running a cannabis retail store can be an expensive operation, so it pays to understand how you can save on costs, and keep more in your pocket. In this article, we will explore five ways cannabis retail store owners can…

Four Weaknesses Every Growing Cannabis Company Must Fix

by Jason Walker and Rey Ramirez There’s a Wikipedia page called “List of defunct hard drive manufacturers” that should serve as a cautionary tale for the cannabis industry. See, IBM shipped the first computer hard drive in 1957. In 1984,…

Is it Time to Bring on a CEO? How Cannabis Companies Can Navigate Growing Pains

It’s no secret that the cannabis industry is evolving at breakneck speed, with markets, customer demographics and even regulations changing rapidly. The rapid growth that many companies can achieve as they tap into the movement of the market can be…

Three Ways Employment Screening is Impacted by Cannabis Laws

By Angela Preston With discrepancies at the federal and state level, a great debate is underway around the topic of marijuana testing for employment. Let’s take a step back and look at the laws and regulations surrounding marijuana use and…

Gender Equality

Why Closing the Gender Gap in the Cannabis Industry is Critical to Success

February 8, 2021
Susan Gunelius
Corporate Social Responsibility, HR and Staffing, News & Insights, Social Equity
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A lack of equal representation by employees of all genders negatively affects every level of cannabis businesses and the cannabis industry – from products to marketing, access to capital, revenue, and the creation of generational wealth – according to new…

Executives No Longer Spooked by Pot Jobs

Industry luring managers from companies like Hershey, Hostess Competition for workers sparks offers like five-day weekends Professionals used to shy away from jobs in the marijuana industry -- or at least keep them hush hush. Now, the tables have turned. Liesl Bernard,…

What is the Right Way to Compensate Key Cannabis Executives and Employees? With Stock or Options?

By Jonathan Bench, Attorney at Harris Bricken This is the season of the year where cannabis business owners start to take a hard look at their end of year finances to decipher how profitable the company has been and whether…

Cannabis Industry Recruiting Best Practices

By Liesl Bernard Who could have predicted back in January how much the world would change over the months to come? With all of the turmoil and challenges presented by the COVID-19 pandemic, the resiliency of the cannabis industry has…

The Invaluable Importance of Employee Communication and Education

Not only can communication in the workplace manage internal conflicts in a more advantageous manner, it also helps build better external relationships, increases employee engagement and often results in an increasingly skilled and productive staff. Educating your staff increases their…

Positive drug tests for employees hit 16-year high as marijuana legalization expands: report

As recreational marijuana legalization has expanded to 11 states plus the District of Columbia, positive workplace drug tests have reportedly climbed to a 16-year high. Positive test rates rose nearly 4.5 percent for the U.S. workforce in 2019, according to…

Occupational Health and Safety in the Cannabis Industry

For centuries, the cannabis plant, typically Cannabis sativa and Cannabis indica, has been cultivated, processed, and utilized for religious, industrial, and therapeutic purposes (Mead, 2019). Hemp is a variety of C. sativa that contains minimal quantities of the psychoactive component…

Cannabis employees are in high demand during economic crash

Coronavirus hasn’t kept some cannabis companies down: They’re staffing up even as unemployment in many other sectors soars. Weed businesses around the country that were in strong financial shape heading into the pandemic are hiring additional workers in response to robust…

Pot Job Seekers Surge as Sector Is Still Hiring

However, the number of open positions shrinks amid layoffs, Candidates from hospitality and retail flock to the industry Unlike many industries, the cannabis sector is still hiring during the pandemic. Yet the number of open positions has dwindled as layoffs become…

Managing employer risk in the age of the coronavirus – Part 2: Creating a plan

April 27, 2020
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Coronavirus, HR and Staffing, News & Insights, Policy & Legal
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Employers' infectious disease programs should consider worker exposures and provide contingencies for a variety of scenarios. Editor’s Note: Part 1 of this two-part series addressed employers’ obligations to ensure workplace safety for customers and employees. As the coronavirus spreads…