Cannabis

Recreational Cannabis Bill Goes to Governor’s Desk Light on Workplace Safety Protections

Dec18,2020

On Thursday, the Legislature passed a bill that will create and regulate a legal marijuana marketplace. Unfortunately for employers, it was voted through with weakened protections to maintain a drug-free workplace. The New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance and Marketplace Modernization Act now goes to Gov. Phil Murphy’s desk, with the use of certified experts to make decisions if an employee […]

NJBIA Opposes Bill Legalizing Recreational Marijuana Based on Workplace Safety Concerns

Dec17,2020

By NJBIA

The New Jersey Business & Industry Association opposes legislation passed by the Legislature today that will create and regulate a legal marijuana marketplace, as it weakens much-needed protections for employers seeking to maintain a drug-free workplace. Specifically, NJBIA is opposed to Section 48 of the New Jersey Cannabis Regulatory, Enforcement Assistance and Marketplace Modernization Act […]

Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Cannabis Bill

Dec14,2020

By NJBIA

Legislation that would create the organizational and regulatory system for legalizing marijuana by adults was advanced by the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday. NJBIA testified in opposition to the bill, S-21, because of concerns that amendments have weakened an employer’s ability to maintain a drug-free workplace, even in safety-sensitive industries. “NJBIA believes that maintaining workplace safety, through drug free […]

Business Groups Say Cannabis Legalization Must Not Usurp Right to Keep Workplaces Drug-Free

Dec02,2020

By NJBIA

The New Jersey Business Coalition (NJBC) has submitted a letter to the Legislature urging a reversal of recent amendments to recreational cannabis legalization bills that weaken workplace safety and require added costs to businesses. In the letter, found here, the group of nearly 100 business and nonprofit groups, explains the legislation weakens an employer’s ability […]

Business Community Eyes Election’s Consequences for NJ

Nov04,2020

By NJBIA

As the vote-counting continued Wednesday and the nation waited to learn who its next president would be, New Jersey’s business community was already focused on a sea change in public policy coming in 2021 now that Garden State voters have overwhelmingly approved the Nov. 3 ballot question to legalize the cultivation, processing, sale and use of recreational marijuana here next year. Benjamin Dworkin, director of the Rowan Institute for Public […]

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