N.J.’s new medical marijuana bill protects workers, applicants — but leaves employers with questions, lawyer says
Kathleen Connelly, an attorney with Lindabury, McCormick, Estabrook & Cooper P.C., said the difficulty from the employer standpoint is the tension between understanding that people see benefits from cannabis in medical treatment but also needing to ensure these individuals aren’t under the influence while performing job duties.
The law makes it clear that employees can’t be intoxicated during working hours, Connelly said, but there haven’t been the test cases in courts yet to be clear-eyed about what will pass for evidence of an employee’s on-premises cannabis use.