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Proskauer - Law and the Workplace

Philadelphia Enacts Ordinance to Prohibit Pre-Employment Marijuana Testing

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Effective January 1, 2022, Phila. Code § 9-5500 now prohibits Philadelphia employers from requiring job applicants to submit to pre-employment drug tests for marijuana use. Specifically, the ordinance makes it an unlawful...more

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New Philadelphia Ordinance Bans Pre-Employment Marijuana Testing

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Effective Jan. 1, 2022, a new Philadelphia ordinance will prohibit employers from requiring that prospective employees undergo pre-employment marijuana testing as a condition of employment. ...more

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Federal Court in California Greenlights Drug Testing of Job Applicants

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A U.S. District Court recently dismissed the lawsuit of a former employee who claimed disability discrimination after he was terminated for testing positive for marijuana in a pre-employment drug test.  Espindola v. Wismettac...more

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Illinois Governor Signs Employer-Friendly Amendments to Recreational Marijuana Law

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On June 25, 2019, Governor J. B. Pritzker signed legislation making Illinois the 11th state to approve marijuana for recreational use. Recreational use of marijuana will be permitted by law beginning January 1, 2020....more

Obermayer Rebmann Maxwell & Hippel LLP

Medical Marijuana gets a New “Test Case” in PA

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In a new case filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania on October 10, 2019 at Docket No. GD-19-014418, Derek Gsell of Moon Township, Pennsylvania is suing Universal Electric Corporation for...more

Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP

NYC Employers Can No Longer Use Pre-Employment Marijuana Testing to Weed Out Prospective Employees

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On April 9, 2019, the New York City Council passed a bill that prohibits employers from conducting pre-employment drug testing for the presence of marijuana or tetrahydrocannabinols (THC). ...more

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Pre-Employment Marijuana Drug Testing Goes Up in Smoke in NYC

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On April 9, 2019, the New York City Council passed a first-of-its-kind bill that prohibits pre-employment drug testing for the presence of marijuana or tetrahydrocannabinols. ...more

Akerman LLP - HR Defense

Court Says Employer Cannot Refuse to Hire Based on Medical Marijuana Use

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A Connecticut federal district court has found an employer liable for discrimination for failing to hire a medical marijuana user based on a drug test....more

Nossaman LLP

New California Regulations Further Limit Employers' Ability to Use Criminal History in Making Employment Decisions

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Effective July 1, 2017, new regulations from the California Fair Employment and Housing Council will further limit an employer’s ability to consider the criminal history of a job applicant or employee when making employment...more

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Seventh Circuit Blazes Truck Driver’s Failure to Hire Claims

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Synopsis: The Seventh Circuit affirmed a summary judgment decision in favor of the employer on the plaintiff’s race discrimination and civil conspiracy claims where the employer did not hire the plaintiff after the plaintiff...more

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