Earlier this week I attended Restaurant Day at the State Capitol with the California Restaurant Association. It is great to work with restaurant owners and operators in communicating the issues and realities of running a business in California. If you have never participated in meeting with your local, state, or federal legislator, I highly
An employer is not required to allow employees to use medical marijuana as a reasonable accommodation under California’s Fair Employment Housing Act (FEHA). The California Supreme Court held that it is not a violation of California law for an employer to terminate an employee who tests positive for marijuana, even though the employee was prescribed
The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday about the difficulties employers are facing when employees are found to have marijuana in their systems while at work. The article notes employees are asking if they could use their company-provided flex spending accounts to purchase the medical marijuana. There are many issues that will have to be