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Discrimination is prejudicial treatment related to (or inappropriate consideration of) an individual's actual or perceived membership in a particular class, group or category, such as an individual's... more +

Virginia’s 2024 Legislative Session Sees Few Employment Bills Passed and Record Vetoes

Littler on 6/7/2024

The 2024 session of the Virginia General Assembly has come to a close, and as with its 2023 session, which saw relatively little action with regard to employment legislation, there were relatively few employment-related bills...more

2022, Who Were You? A Recap of Hot Issues in 2022.

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP on 1/4/2023

As we barrel into 2023, it is worth a look back at last year. Employment law issues in 2022 were diverse, ranging from federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates (yes, that was last year) to state laws on CBD and diversity and...more

California Expands Employees’ Right to Off-Duty Cannabis Use

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 10/10/2022

Beginning January 1, 2024, and following the passage of Assembly Bill 2188, the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) will add employee protections against discrimination based on off-the-job cannabis use with a...more

New Cannabis Discrimination Protections Coming to a California Workplace in 2024

Weintraub Tobin on 9/29/2022

On September 18, 2022, the Governor approved AB 2188, which amends the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), California’s employment antidiscrimination law....more

California Expands FEHA to Include Off The Job Cannabis Use

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 9/16/2022

Virtually all California employers with five or more employees are covered by the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), the state’s most noteworthy civil rights law. FEHA protects and safeguards the right and opportunity of...more

New Litigation Continues to Challenge the Social Equity and Scoring Process of the Illinois Cannabis Regulation And Tax Act

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 7/27/2022

The Illinois Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act (“CRTA”), which was enacted in 2019, legalized recreational adult use cannabis in Illinois. The CRTA also created a Social Equity Program intended to offer disadvantaged people,...more

Employee’s Request To Revise Drug Policy To Address CBD Use Was Not A Reasonable Accommodation

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 9/17/2020

A federal court in Tennessee dismissed an employee’s lawsuit in which she claimed that her employer should have changed its drug policy to allow CBD use. Hamric v. City of Murfreesboro, Case No. 3:18-cv-01239 (September 10,...more

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