LEGAL MATTERS
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The impact on sub-contractors and trades
By Amy Groothuis, Miller Thomson LLP
In safety-sensitive workplaces, employers often implement “zero tolerance”
drug and alcohol policies. Having a strict standard for impairment in the
workplace is a straightforward way to clearly establish employee expectations.
There is no grey line: a worker is either compliant with the policy or not.
With zero tolerance policies, non-compliance generally results in immediate discipline,
up to and including dismissal from employment.
However, with the expected legalization of recreational cannabis this summer,
employers may be left wondering what impact recreational cannabis may
have on zero tolerance drug and alcohol policies, especially as they relate to
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