Cannabis,
Labor/Employment
Jul. 27, 2023
Penalizing for off-the-job cannabis use may go up in smoke
See more on Penalizing for off-the-job cannabis use may go up in smokeEmployers and employees alike are watching SB 700 closely. The bill passed the Senate in May, and it is currently working its way through various Assembly committees. The entire Assembly will hear and vote on this bill before Sept. 14, and it will either be signed or vetoed by Gov. Newsom by mid-October. If passed and signed into law, it would take effect Jan. 1, 2024, alongside the additional FEHA protections from last year’s AB 2188.
Hilary Weddell
Partner
McManis Faulkner APC
50 W San Fernando St Ste 1000
San Jose , CA 95113
Phone: (408) 279-8700
Email: hweddell@mcmanislaw.com
Boston Coll Law School; Newton MA
Since 2016, recreational marijuana use by adults 21 years and older has been legal in California. Marijuana use has steadily increased since then, and the state has taken numerous steps both to destigmatize its use and to add protections for cannabis users. Until 2022, employers were still permitted to discriminate on the basis of entirely legal cannabis usage that was off the job and that did not affect an applicant’s or employee’s job performance.
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