Substance Abuse

New and Updated

• Type:

  Editor's Choice

  January 1, 2025: Employers, Act Now Before New Compliance Requirements Take Effect

  Updated to include adjusted federal business vehicle standard mileage rates.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Employee Discipline: Missouri

  Updated to reflect retaliation provisions in the forthcoming Missouri paid sick and safe leave law. 

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Drugs, Alcohol and Smoking: Kentucky

  Updated to reflect the legalization of medical marijuana, effective January 1, 2025.

• Type:

  Legal Timetable

  Nebraska Legalizes Medical Marijuana

• Date:

  November 7, 2024

  Type:

  News

  Nebraska Voters Decriminalize Medical Marijuana

  Nebraska employers may need to revise workplace drug policies following voter approval of a ballot initiative decriminalizing the use of medical marijuana.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Drugs, Alcohol and Smoking: Alaska

  Updated to reflect an amendment related to oral fluid drug testing, effective October 28, 2024.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Employee Discipline: Texas

  Updated to reflect the repeal of the Euless, Texas, Fair Overtime and Scheduling Standards Ordinance, effective September 24, 2024.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Employee Discipline: Oregon

  Updated to reflect forthcoming retaliation protections related to quota provisions of the state warehouse worker protection laws.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Drugs, Alcohol and Smoking: Pennsylvania

  Updated to reflect a Pittsburgh law limiting marijuana testing and prohibiting discrimination on the basis of an individual's status as a medical marijuana patient, effective September 24, 2024.

• Type:

  Employment Law Guide

  Employee Discipline: California

  Updated to reflect the forthcoming Freelance Worker Protection Act.