Marijuana In The Workplace: What Employers Should Know

Duration:
90 Minutes  
Instructor
Janette S Levey

This webinar will discuss what employers need to do to ensure a safe productive workforce, what they can and cannot do with respect to employees holding prescriptions for medical marijuana. How ADA/ADAAA plays a role in it. what are the rights of employers.

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Overview

This webinar will discuss what employers need to do to ensure a safe productive workforce, what they can and cannot do with respect to employees holding prescriptions for medical marijuana. How ADA/ADAAA plays a role in it. what are the rights of employers.

Why you should Attend

The line between legal and illicit drug use, particularly when marijuana is involved has become increasingly blurry. Employers in locations with medical marijuana laws who wish to ensure a safe productive workforce need to know what they can and cannot do, what they must and need not do with respect to employees holding prescriptions for medical marijuana. Are they covered under the ADA/ADAAA? If so, once again, what are - and aren’t - you obligated to do? Taking proactive steps to learn your rights and responsibilities before a question arises is the smart thing to do. This webinar will help you do exactly that.

Areas Covered in the Session

  • State Medical Marijuana Laws
  • Conflicting Federal laws
  • Discussion of some State/Local Laws
  • Inquiring about legal drug use
  • Alcohol, Drugs and Disabilities
  • Fitness for Duty and the Direct Threat
  • Workplace policies
  • Case examples, case studies

Who Will Benefit

  • HR Managers
  • HR Directors
  • Direct Supervisors
  • Senior Managers
  • Safety Officers
  • Risk Managers
  • Office Managers
  • CEO’s
  • Business Owners

Speaker Profile

Janette S Levey “The Employer’s Lawyer” has over 20 years of legal experience, more than 10 of which she has spent in Employment Law. It was during her tenure as sole in-house counsel for a mid-size staffing company headquartered in Central New Jersey, with operations all over the continental US, that she truly developed her passion for Employment Law.

Janette works with employers on most employment law issues, to ensure that employers are in the best position possible to avoid litigation, audits, employee relations problems, and the attendant, often exorbitant costs. Janette has written articles on many different employment law issues for many publications, including EEO Insight, Staffing Industry Review, @Law, and Chief Legal Officer.

Janette has served on the Workplace Violence Prevention Institute, a multidisciplinary task force dedicated to providing proactive, holistic solutions to employers serious about promoting workplace safety and preventing workplace violence. Janette currently serves as an Advisory Board Member for Child and Family Resources of Morris County, New Jersey.

Janette has also spoken and trained on topics, such as Criminal Background Checks in the Hiring Process, Joint Employment, Severance Arrangements, Addressing and Preventing Employee Leave Abuse, Pre-Employment Screening among many, many others.
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