The new law also doesn’t permit an employee to possess, be impaired by or use cannabis on the job, or affect the rights or obligations of an employer to maintain a drug- and alcohol-free workplace. What you should do Ensure your company handbook policies are updated to include this new...
California Drug-Free Workplace Certification Form California provides for certain credits associated with drug free workplaces. This form is the required certification for Employers. California Guide for Injured Workers The official employee guide for injured workers in California. ...
Roberts asks Saad whether alcohol may be served at holiday parties, even if the company has a drug- and alcohol-free workplace policy. Saad answers that yes, an employer may serve alcohol and alcoholic beverages at a work function, but because they are doing so in a very limited scope, t...
off-duty marijuana use. The bill prohibits employers from discriminating against applicants or employees because they have 1) used cannabis off the job and away from the workplace; or 2) were found to have
prohibit employment discrimination based on a person’s use of cannabis off the job and away from the workplace. The law also prohibits adverse action based on a drug test that identifies only non-psychoactive cannabis metabolites in the applicant’s hair, blood, urine, or other bodily fluids....
Those changes will allow doctors to start working towards treatment immediately, with up to 72 hours of take-home methadone available via prescription. In the past, state regulations have only allowed methadone clinics to prescribe the drug. ...
Proposition 36: Allows Felony Charges and Increases Sentences for Certain Drug and Theft Crimes. –Support –Top Story Seebrief summaries of the measureson CalChamber Alert. Initiative Coalitions When the legislative process fails, pro-business and anti-business forces turn to the initiative process ...
Work comp coverage includes: Medical Costs Workers' comp insurance pays for the medical expenses associated with claims or injured workers. The cost of an ER visit, required surgeries and drug prescriptions are some of the covered expenses included under a policy. An employee injured due to a ...
California's Smoke-Free Workplace Act-CA Labor Code Sec. 6404.5(a)-was extended to bars in 1998. This article analyzes changes in normative beliefs and behaviors related to bar smoking in the decade following the adoption of the Act. In a series of studies evaluating the smoke-free work...
California state and local governmental bodies—our state legislature, and counties and cities—were active again this year in their efforts to regulate the workplace. Littler Workplace Policy Institute has been tracking these bills as they worked their