Is marijuana really a challenge for employers and what industries are affected? Given the acceptance of “medical marijuana” as a treatment for a variety of illnesses, can employers still have “zero tolerance” substance abuse policies in place? What advice do you typically give to employers when it comes to marijuana in the workplace?
Joe Aitchison, Senior Vice President of Business Strategies of the HR service company, BASIC, says you’d better grab a good lawyer as the confusion grows, as he joins SC&C CEO, Fred Coon, to discuss this controversial topic.
Joe is a nationally recognized speaker on Employment Practice and Regulatory Compliance and works with a broad sector of clients ranging in size from a few employees to large domestic and international multi location organizations have several thousand employees. He has worked with several groups facing challenges with medical and recreational marijuana-use. We are pleased to have him join us on this podcast to discuss this issue and what employers are doing.
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About the Guest:
Joe Aitchison, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, CHRS, holds a lifetime certification as a Senior Professional in Human Resources and obtained certification by the Society of Human Resources as a Senior Certified Professional. Additionally, Mr. Aitchison maintains professional certification as a Healthcare Reform Specialist. He has thirty years of human resource, business management and consulting experience working with domestic and international private industries, nonprofit, and government organizations. Positions held include: CEO/President, senior executive, operations management and company director. Mr. Aitchison serves as a board member on several profit and not for profit boards and is currently Board Chair and Executive Director of HR ComTrak, a Human Resource Compliance, Training and Knowledge Center.
Mr. Aitchison established BASIC’s regulatory compliance department and is one of BASIC’s resident experts on employment practice and benefits. He provides guidance on HR best practice to BASIC’s 17,000 clients nationally. He is a known, frequent national speaker at conferences, presenting on “HR – Employer Best Practice Topics”, Compliance, Employee Benefits, employment related federal regulations and risk management.
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