AMERICA’S SECOND-LARGEST EMPLOYER NO LONGER TESTING FOR MARIJUANA
In June, Amazon announced that it would no longer include marijuana in it’s drug testing program for positions not regulated by the Department of Transportation (DOT). Marijuana use would be […]
BREATHALYZER FOR MARIJUANA – SOLUTION FOR DETERMINING IF SOMEONE IS IMPAIRED AT WORK?
Two new “breathalyzer” tests being developed by the University of Pittsburgh and Hound Labs, respectively, are set to hit the market in 2020 and are being marketed as the solution […]
CONFLICTING LAWS ON MARIJUANA LEAVE EMPLOYERS IN A HAZE ON WORKPLACE POLICY
With a majority of states — 33 states plus Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, and Guam — in the country enacting laws permitting the use of marijuana for medical use, and […]
EEOC BRINGS SUIT AGAINST EMPLOYER WHO RESCINDED JOB OFFER TO APPLICANT ON ANXIETY MEDICATION
According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), a Wisconsin inpatient residential health facility violated federal law by rescinding a job offer because the applicant tested positive for a prescribed […]
NEVADA FIRMS BARRED FROM USING MARIJUANA TEST TO REJECT JOB SEEKERS
After nearly two years of allowing recreational marijuana use, Nevada has enacted a law restricting most employers from using a marijuana drug test to reject potential employees. The move comes […]
WHEN DO YOU HAVE REASONABLE SUSPICION TO TEST FOR DRUGS AND/OR ALCOHOL
Recently one of your employees has been acting suspiciously; they have been extremely irritable, taking more breaks than usual, and seem to have an endless sniffle and runny nose. Based […]
HIGH BUT NOT HIRED: COMPANIES PREPARING FOR LEGAL MARIJUANA
Thoran Towler, Chief Executive Officer of Nevada Association of Employers, was recently interviewed on how legalization of recreational marijuana has affected employers in Nevada. The potential legalization of recreational marijuana […]
NEVADA CONTROLLER SEEKS END TO FEDERAL CANNABIS PROHIBITION
Former Nevada Controller, Ron Knecht, and former Deputy Controller, James Smack, recently authored an opinion piece for the Northern Nevada Business View calling for an end to the federal prohibition […]
OSHA ISSUES CLARIFICATION ON POST-ACCIDENT DRUG TESTING
Post-Accident Testing Does Not Violate OSHA Final Rule As you may recall, in early 2016 OSHA published a final rule that, among other things, amended 29 C.F.R. § 1904.35 to prohibit […]
DOES NRS 613.333 ALLOW FOR OFF-DUTY CANNABIS USE?
In February of this year, Thoran Towler, our CEO at Nevada Association of Employers, wrote an article for the Reno Gazette Journal that explored recreational cannabis use in relation to […]
