Should your employer be able to fire you for legally smoke marijuana in a place where it’s legal? According to a new bill, unanimously approved by the D.C. Council, the answer should be no.
FOX 5’s Tom Fitzgerald spoke with D.C. Council Chairman Phil Mendelson about the motivation behind the new bill, which stops private businesses from terminating employees who use cannabis.
Mendelson tells FOX 5, the council passed the bill in hopes of fixing a gap in D.C.’s marijuana law. Right now, marijuana is legal in D.C., but your employer could still fire you for testing positive for marijuana. If the new bill is approved, however, employers can no longer fire smokers who obtain their marijuana legally.
The bill only protects people who’ve tested positive for marijuana, not those who were caught using, possessing, selling or growing marijuana on the job. The bill also does not cover anyone in “safety sensitive” roles like police officers, firefighters, vehicle operators, construction workers or heavy machinery operators.
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