Marijuana industry

The first in a two-part series examining the legal and cultural implications of the drug in the workplace.

Employers have to navigate through an ever growing patchwork of state laws surrounding cannabis use and the workforce.

Health plans have largely avoided covering cannabis, but with momentum for new therapeutic applications, that could change.

Companies face a complicated array of laws on workplace policies and drug testing. Here are just a few they need to keep in mind.

If signed into law, it will become an unlawful discriminatory practice for an employer to require a job applicant to submit to marijuana testing as a condition of employment.

From dealing with THC in your body and greater desire for homeopathic meds and yoga, cannabis workers have some specific benefits needs.

From dealing with THC in your body and greater desire for homeopathic meds and yoga, cannabis workers have some specific benefits needs.

The evolving legalization of marijuana for both medical and recreational uses continues to cause workplace issues for employers.

Because marijuana is still treated as an illegal substance at the federal level, providers don’t get the same write-offs as other federally regulated business.

Thanks to a higher level of scrutiny from regulators, many insurers also act as financial managers and this leads employers to find elective benefit alternatives.