Why Should You Attend:
The line between legal and illicit drug use, particularly when marijuana is involved has become increasingly blurry. Employers in locations with medical marijuana laws who wish to ensure a safe productive workforce need to know what they can and cannot do, what they must and need not do with respect to employees holding prescriptions for medical marijuana. Are they covered under the ADA/ADAAA? If so, once again, what are –and aren’t - you obligated to do? Taking proactive steps to learn your rights and responsibilities before a question arises is the smart thing to do. This webinar will help you do exactly that.
Areas Covered in the Webinar:
State Medical Marijuana Laws
Conflicting Federal laws
Discussion of some State/Local Laws
Inquiring about legal drug use
Alcohol, Drugs and Disabilities
Fitness for Duty and the Direct Threat
Workplace policies
Case examples, case studies
The line between legal and illicit drug use, particularly when marijuana is involved has become increasingly blurry. Employers in locations with medical marijuana laws who wish to ensure a safe productive workforce need to know what they can and cannot do, what they must and need not do with respect to employees holding prescriptions for medical marijuana. Are they covered under the ADA/ADAAA? If so, once again, what are –and aren’t - you obligated to do? Taking proactive steps to learn your rights and responsibilities before a question arises is the smart thing to do. This webinar will help you do exactly that.
Areas Covered in the Webinar:
State Medical Marijuana Laws
Conflicting Federal laws
Discussion of some State/Local Laws
Inquiring about legal drug use
Alcohol, Drugs and Disabilities
Fitness for Duty and the Direct Threat
Workplace policies
Case examples, case studies
Speakers
Janette Levey Frisch is an attorney with more than 20 years’ legal experience. She works with employers on most employment law issues to ensure that employers are in the best position possible to avoid litigation, audits, employee relations problems, and the attendant, often exorbitant costs. She authors the firm’s weekly blog, where she discusses issues impacting employers today. She has written articles on many different employment law issues for many publications, including EEO Insight, Staffing Industry Review, @Law, and Chief Legal Officer.Ms. Frisch has also spoken and trained on topics, such as criminal background checks in the hiring process, joint employment, severance arrangements, pre-employment screening among many others. She is licensed in New Jersey and New York. In addition, she serves as a Legal Wellness Professional to employers outside New Jersey and New York on almost all federal employment law issues, to enable employees to address workplace challenges before they escalate to litigation or costly audits.
Ms. Frisch is also a contributor to the recently released book, “Hiring Greatness: How to Recruit Your Dream Team and Crush the Competition,” published by John Wiley and Sons, and authored by David E. Perry and Mark J. Haluska.
Janette serves as a Task Force Member of the Institute for Workplace Violence Prevention, an interdisciplinary think tank, dedicated to providing holistic, proactive solutions to employers serious about promoting a safe workplace.
