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Building the Cannabis Dream Team: Better People, Better Training, Better Experience, Better Business

November 3, 2017
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The cannabis industry, worth an estimated $7.2 billion in 2016, precariously straddles the recreational and medicinal market. To balance itself, the industry must put a premium on talent management. Selecting and developing a qualified customer-facing team is an essential ingredient…

Ohio Staffing Company Says It Won’t Allow Employees to Use Medical Marijuana

June 21, 2016
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A Dayton company will not allow its employees to use medical marijuana even though it will soon be legal in our state. BarryStaff, a business that recruits workers for manufacturing companies announced on Monday it won’t be changing its drug…

Willie Nelson Is Looking For a Handful of Good People For His New Marijuana Company

June 21, 2016
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If you’ve ever dreamt of saying the words, “I just applied for Willie Nelson’s weed company,” your dreams are about to become a reality. Willie Nelson is hiring new employees for Willie’s Reserve, his “premium cannabis lifestyle brand” that features his…

How Pennsylvania Employers Deal With Workers Using Medical Marijuana

April 25, 2016
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The Pennsylvania House and Senate have been abuzz in the last few weeks with SB3, the Pennsylvania Medical Marijuana Act, which was signed into law. Why is the Medical Marijuana Act important to Pennsylvania employers and employment law attorneys? Because…

Are You Focused On The Right Things With Your Workforce?

March 9, 2016
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By Mel Kleiman Where is your focus? Is it on staving off the impacts of the economy and/or the competition instead of on what you can do to improve the experiences of your customers and your employees? If so, to really…

Must Employers Accommodate Employee Medical Marijuana Use?

February 10, 2016
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By Eric B. Meyer I’ve blogged before about how grilling a medical marijuana user about her disability, just before firing the employee, could give rise to a viable disability-discrimination claim. In other words, where the disability (as opposed to the medical…

Does the Cannabis Industry Present an Opportunity for Organized Labor?

January 19, 2016
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Legal marijuana is here, and it's not going away. By early 2016, the states of Washington, Colorado, Oregon, and Alaska permitted the social use of cannabis, and 23 others protected the sale of medical marijuana. The Second Annual Cannabis Summit…

Why Canadian Employers Must Accommodate Medical Cannabis Users

January 12, 2016
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Employers in Canada have a duty to accommodate employees with medical disabilities that are using prescribed medical cannabis as a treatment. I should say, at the outset, that I am a Human Resources specialist, and my perspective does not constitute…

Alaska Forecast Predicts Statewide Job Loss — Except in the Cannabis Industry

January 12, 2016
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For the second time in nearly two decades, Alaska's yearly employment forecast is predicting job losses across the state. The annual report, published recently by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, is predicting a net loss of about 2,500…

New Jersey Senate Panel Approves Job Protections For Medical Marijuana Patients

December 22, 2015
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New Jersey employers would be prohibited from firing people because they participate in the state medical marijuana program unless they can show these employees are impaired and unable to do their jobs, according to a bill approved by a Senate…

Study Finds Employers Have Little Tolerance For Any Cannabis Use by Employees

December 14, 2015
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Medical or recreational use of marijuana is legal in 23 states and the District of Columbia, but employers in those locations continue to have a zero-tolerance policy about the drug's use in the workplace, the Society for Human Resource Management…

How to Address Negativity in Your Cannabis Workplace

November 16, 2015
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Your workplace is seething with hostility and negativity. No matter where the bad vibes came from, it's up to you to help make the atmosphere more positive, productive and supportive. As a manager, supervisor, or staff member, you usually do…

Michigan High Court: Fired Medical Marijuana Users Can Still Get Unemployment

November 6, 2015
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The Michigan Supreme Court has refused to hear an appeal from the Unemployment Insurance Agency in a case involving benefits for people fired from jobs over medical marijuana use. The denial means people with medical marijuana cards who lost work…

Ohio Employers Are Warned: Better Get Ready For Medical Marijuana

October 30, 2015
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Every employer in Ohio and surrounding states must now begin to develop workplace controls to fully address the legalization of marijuana in Ohio. To be most effective and legally defensible, these controls should be more expansive than simple revisions to…

New Staffing Firm Focuses on Employees For the Cannabis Market

October 29, 2015
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You don’t need to grow pot to see your business take root in Denver’s cannabis industry. Just look at Karson Humiston, a 22-year-old who founded cannabis industry staffing firm Gradujuana this summer and plans to expand outside of Colorado this…