Workplace Drug Screening: How to Prevent it from Driving Away Millennial Employees

Marijuana is decriminalized in states, but still violates Federal laws. Employers face a scenario where employee drug testing is alienating Millennials. While few Millennials use marijuana, they favor the right to use and are strongly against workplace testing for use. Further, Millennials have demonstrated they will, in greater numbers than preceding generations, leave employers they do not feel politically or socially aligned with. This paper discusses these issues, offers suggestions on how employers can retain testing practices while addressing Millennial concerns, and create an environment where Millennials feel more positively aligned with their employers despite workplace testin

Q: Since Marijuana Use Is Absolutely Prohibited Under Federal Law, Can An Employer Safely Fire An Employee Who Tests Positive For Cannabis? (A: Yes, No, Maybe, I Don\u27t Know. Can You Repeat The Question? 1)

Twenty-nine states and three US territories offer medical marijuana prescriptions for their citizens, with others considering such. Some of these states make it a violation to terminate an employee for medical marijuana use. Federal laws make any marijuana possession or use a crime, and in some instances, require a drug-free workplace. Should employers enforce drug screening rules, or relax their standards and permit employees with prescriptions for medical marijuana to test positive provided work product is not affected? And can relaxing these standards be presented as a benefit to both employees that use medical marijuana, and those who do not? Copyright North American Business Press 2017

Sexual Harassment Attitudes Across Generation and Gender: Troubling Differences Between Male and Female Views

This paper discusses original research and data from 4,598 survey participants who offered theirattitudes towards the duty of employers to proactively eliminate sexual harassment, and their feelings towards the creation of a Sexual Harassment Officer, a new position in the work environment. The findings indicate strong support for both among both males and females, and across age categories. A trend was also found for females to favor both propositions more favorably than males did, with younger females tending to show more support than older females. Additionally, data has shown to exist that between 7.8% and 14.8% of the males (depending upon their age) did not indicate they felt employers had a duty to take proactive steps to eliminate Sexual Harassment