Imagine, as that old movie plot goes, falling asleep 25 years ago and waking up now. Beyond the technology, there might be nothing stranger than driving on Connecticut highways and seeing billboards for selling cannabis (in Massachusetts) nearly every mile. (Though, don’t look now, but the state is banning those.)
Well, it’s about to
As I’ve hinted in some prior posts, my colleagues and I have been working on an all-new labor & employment webinar series for this fall. Today, I get to announce it.
This webinar series will feature in-depth legal insights and practical takeaways for human resource professionals as well as business stakeholders and decision makers on
A new website by Connecticut on cannabis use was announced by Governor Lamont’s administration over the weekend. Unfortunately, it contains an error regarding the cannabis use and the workplace; it highlights the mess that has been created by the General Assembly on the cannabis bill.
Here’s one example.
Over the weekend, the website began
This week, my colleague Sarah Westby and I published a detailed look at the new legal cannabis law in Connecticut and what it means for employers. I’m not going to duplicate the post here but strongly encourage you to read it.
One thing that didn’t make it in the post was strange provision found in
Lost amid the press regarding the new law legalizing cannabis use is the fact that the law also restricts smoking far more in the workplace and affords employers more flexibility as well.
The new law requires employers to to ban smoking and e-cigarette use in any area of the workplace (this will apply to tobacco
Earlier today, I appeared on Dennis House’s Sunday News Show, “This Week in Connecticut” on WTNH, to talk about the state’s new legal cannabis law and its implications for the workplace.
My thanks to Dennis for the invitation to bring this issues to employers and discuss how employers are going to need to adapt
The General Assembly early today gave final approval to a bill that will legalize marijuana/cannabis use in Connecticut.
It is a massive shift and the bill legalizing it is massive too. (Heck, the summary of the bill is 184 pages!)
The bill creates a whole new set of rules for employers — most of which
As the decade comes to a close, a time traveler from 2009 might be surprised to see how rapidly laws on marijuana have changed. Last night’s Democratic Debate even featured a heated discussion about legalizing marijuana.
But let’s imagine that this traveler is from Human Resources. The laws regarding medical marijuana are head-spinning; these laws