California employee’s off-duty cannabis use to be protected — to a point
In 1996, California voters legalized cannabis use for medical consumption in this state. In 2016, California voters legalized recreational use of cannabis by adults in California.
On Jan. 1, it will be unlawful, with certain exceptions, for California employers with five or more employees to discriminate against an applicant or employee based on off-duty cannabis use away from the workplace or for failing an “employer-required drug screening test that has found the person to have nonpsychoactive cannabis metabolites in their hair, blood, urine, or other bodily fluids.”
Here’s what you need to know about new Government Code Section 12954 of the California Fair Employment and Housing Act.
Click here to read the full article written by SCMV Shareholder Dan Eaton and published in The San Diego Union-Tribune.