What employers and employees need to know to keep workplaces safe and productive in the age of legal cannabis
Now that recreational cannabis has been legalized in Canada, many employers may have questions on the effects of cannabis in the workplace, especially if they had not already implemented or updated a drugs and alcohol policy for their workplace. The short answer is from a practical perspective: Nothing much has changed. The issues that arise from cannabis legalization are really no different than the issues that have long since existed in the workplace stemming from alcohol and other drugs.