Substance Abuse

New and Updated

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  Employment Law Guide

  Employee Discipline: Montana

  Updated to reflect law providing retaliation protections for volunteer emergency service responders, effective October 1, 2025.  

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  Employment Law Guide

  Employee Discipline: Nebraska

  Updated to reflect retaliation protections under the Nebraska Healthy Families and Workplaces Act, effective October 1, 2025. 

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  Employment Law Guide

  Employee Discipline: Connecticut

  Updated to reflect addition of victims of sexual assault or trafficking as a protected class under the Connecticut Fair Employment Practices Act, effective October 1, 2025.

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  Employment Law Guide

  Drugs, Alcohol and Smoking: Texas

  Updated to reflect the expansion of the state's medical marijuana law, effective September 1, 2025.

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  Employment Law Guide

  Employee Discipline: Illinois

  Updated to reflect forthcoming law protecting employees from retaliation for using employer-issued equipment to record certain domestic and sexual violence incidents.

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  Employment Law Guide

  Employee Discipline: Colorado

  Updated to reflect amendments to the retaliation protections in the Colorado Wage Claim Act, effective August 6, 2025.

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  Legal Timetable

  Texas Expands Medical Marijuana Law

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  Legal Timetable

  Nebraska Legalizes Medical Marijuana

  Updated to reflect the effective date of the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Patient Protection Act and the Nebraska Medical Cannabis Regulation Act and the resolution of related litigation.

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  Employment Law Guide

  Drugs, Alcohol and Smoking: Nebraska

  Updated to reflect the legalization of medical marijuana.

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  Employment Law Guide

  Drugs, Alcohol and Smoking: Idaho

  Updated to reflect amendments to the Idaho Clean Indoor Air Act, effective July 1, 2025.