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Recreational Marijuana Workplace Safety Law
Feb23,2021
By Marijuana
NJBIA Statement on Signing of Adult-use Cannabis Reform
Feb22,2021
By Leave a Comment New Jersey Business & Industry Association Chief Government Affairs Officer Chrissy Buteas issued the following statement regarding the signing of adult-use cannabis reform bills into law today. “We are disappointed that the enabling legislation signed today to create an adult-use cannabis market falls short on allowing businesses to effectively maintain drug-free workplaces, as they are […]
NJBIA Proposed Amendments to A-5342
Jan29,2021
By On behalf of our member companies that provide 1 million jobs in the state and make the New Jersey Business & Industry Association the largest statewide business association in the country, we are writing to ask you to please accept our proposed amendments to A-5342 concerning the regulation of cannabis. These amendments would resolve the workplace safety issues that […]
Senate Judiciary Committee Advances Cannabis Bill
Dec14,2020
By 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 Community Eyes Election’s Consequences for NJ
Nov04,2020
By 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 […]
