News & Analysis as of November 19, 2024

Decriminalization of Marijuana

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Green Growth and Labor Harmony: Navigating Labor Peace Agreements in the Booming Cannabis Industry

Amundsen Davis LLC on 4/3/2024

As legalization of cannabis has spread, profits have grown in the 25 states that allow for the retail sale of cannabis for recreational use, and labor unions have found great opportunity for getting a lift from the cannabis...more

Union Organizing Raises Special Challenges for the Cannabis Industry

Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP on 3/10/2021

While marijuana remains illegal under federal law, it has been legalized in 15 states and the District of Columbia. Another 29 states have decriminalized marijuana or allowed its medical use, or both. This loosening of...more

Legal Recreational Marijuana Is Coming to Illinois: The Impact on Employers

Holland & Knight LLP on 6/7/2019

• The legalization of recreational cannabis in Illinois will not prevent Illinois employers from adopting and implementing reasonable workplace policies precluding employees from being impaired by or under the influence of...more

III-38- Part 2 on Employee Marijuana Use and Two Key NLRB Developments

Cozen O'Connor on 1/31/2019

This episode presents Part 2 of 2 on workplace issues when employees use marijuana, and also discusses two significant developments from the NLRB involving independent contractors and individual employee gripes....more

2016/2017 Labor & Employment Observer

Cozen O'Connor on 1/12/2017

Activist NLRB Created More Problems For All Employers in 2016 - What Happens Under President Trump? During 2016, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or the Board) maintained its generally pro-union, anti-employer...more

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