Rojgar Job News

One of the benefits of writing a blog as long as I have is that you get to track the progress of a law or legal development over a number of years. It was back in 2012, for example, that I first provided a comprehensive summary of a new medical marijuana bill that was making it’s way through the legislature. And I was quick to note that the law had enough questions attached to it that employers would be wise to spent a late night or two studying all of the quirks. Now, years later, we have the first case to look deeply at the statute. And for employers, the answers are becoming clearer. My colleague, Chris Engler, recently recapped the case in a post on my firm’s sister blog. The plaintiff in the case had applied for a job with a health and rehabilitation facility. The plaintiff ultimately received a job offer, subject to completing a background check and a drug screen. Prior to the drug screen, the plaintiff informed the company that she was a qualifying patient who used me...