[Smlr_net] James Cooney comments on Amazon worker ‘blacklisted’ for using medical marijuana

*SMLR-Net, the source of selected news on labor and employment relations and Human resource management* Title: Amazon wrongly fired a worker and ‘blacklisted’ him for using medical marijuana, lawsuit alleges

*Author: *Andrew Keshner Source: Marketwatch

*Date: *Nov 12, 2019

*Summary:* Earlier this year, New Jersey joined 11 other states that have laws shielding workers https://www.nj.gov/governor/news/news/562019/approved/20190702d.shtml from termination if they use medical marijuana when they are off the clock and it doesn’t affect their job performance, said James Cooney, a professor at Rutgers’ School of Management and Labor Relations. The law doesn’t apply retroactively, Cooney said. But even New Jersey’s anti-discrimination statute might leave the door open for a workplace disability claim tied to off-duty medical marijuana use, he said.

*Link*: https://on.mktw.net/32FXdjG

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