New Bill Would Bar Employers from ‘Discriminating’ Against Workers for Positive Marijuana Test

Posted on: March 3rd, 2021 by Leaders' Choice Staff No Comments

New legislation would, if passed, bar employers in California from testing for cannabis use to deny or terminate employment. The measure, AB 1256, would bar employers from using hair or urine tests to check if their employees use marijuana, because such checks do not test actual impairment but rather that a person has used marijuana […]

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New Law Prohibits Mandatory Employment Arbitration Agreements

Posted on: October 22nd, 2019 by Leaders' Choice Staff No Comments

After years of trying and rejections by former governors, a bill banning mandatory employment arbitration agreements in California has become law. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Oct. 10 signed into law Assembly Bill 51, which prohibits almost all employment arbitration agreements, starting Jan. 1 next year. But because the new law conflicts with federal law, it […]

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