Cannabis in the Workplace & Employer Liability

12/03/19: Employers around the country – and around the world if they have US operations -- are struggling with the “how, when, where” of employee use of recreational marijuana. Illinois’ legislators have taken a couple of important steps in clearing up confusion in their state, according to a blog posted on a website hosted by law firm Seyforth Shaw LLP...

Authors of the post (Condon McGlothlen, Adam R. Young and Craig B. Simonsen) provide an overview of SB 1557, recently passed by the Illinois General Assembly.  The new measure revises the language of Illinois” Recreational Cannabis Law “… to reduce but not completely eliminate employer liabilities.”  For companies with Illinois operations, the post provides good information...