Pot-Testing Limits Create Hazy Compliance Plans for Employers

The maze of evolving state marijuana laws that protect employees’ off-the-clock use and set testing restrictions could get even harder to navigate as Washington state and Minnesota lawmakers progress with their own legislation.

Washington might soon become the eighth state to enact employment protections for non-medical cannabis users, with a bill (SB 5123) that’s one legislative vote away from Gov. Jay Inslee’s (D) desk. It would restrict employers from pre-employment testing of job applicants for cannabis metabolites, substances that can stay in the body for weeks after marijuana use and don’t detect whether a person’s brain function is ...