Employment

A former Amazon employee who was fired for using medical cannabis has won a federal court decision that will send the resulting lawsuit back to New Jersey’s Supreme Court, where he has a much stronger shot at winning the case.

Cresco Labs announced it will start prioritizing recruiting new employees from the industries most significantly impacted by the coronavirus crisis.

The New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that employers cannot fire patients who are lawful medical cannabis patients for a cannabis-positive drug test.

Leafly announced it has laid off an additional 91 employees in response to economic effects from the coronavirus pandemic.

Cannabis media company American Marijuana is offering a $36,000 salary for a full-time cannabis reviewer “dream job.”

A new cannabis jobs report suggests that the industry’s U.S. job openings have risen 79 percent from last year with an estimated 211,000 employees now working full-time in the space.

A former Amazon employee in New Jersey who was fired after failing a drug test for cannabis is suing the online retail giant under a recent state law that prohibits employers from punishing employees for the legal use of medical cannabis.

A study found that three out of four Canadians believe adult-use cannabis legalization has not had an impact on workplace health and safety incidents.

In the almost year since legal adult-use sales launched in Canada, cannabis industry employment has nearly quadrupled from 2,630 positions filled to 9,200.

Nevada is the first state to prohibit employers from drug testing applicants for cannabis use during pre-employment. The governor also signed a bill creating industry oversight boards for the industry.

Connecticut lawmakers have advanced three cannabis bills out of committee: one to allow possession and expunge low-level possession charges, one establishing a regulated marketplace, and one to ensure employers can bar cannabis use from the workplace and to create a DUI test for cannabis.

A report compiled by Leafly and Whitney Economics shows that the cannabis industry, sporting 200,000 jobs and an explosive rate of growth, is one of the fastest-growing sectors of the U.S. economy.

New jobs are concentrated at medium to small companies and large cities.

Liz Gehl is the founder and top recruiter for Gehl Search Partners, an executive recruitment firm that specializes in highly regulated industries like cannabis.

A state senator in Massachusetts is aiming to align state labor laws with the fact that cannabis prohibition has been ended.