Maine: Employer Drug Testing Limited by Recreational Marijuana Law
APPLIES TO All Employers of ME Employees |
EFFECTIVE February 1, 2018 |
QUESTIONS? Contact HR On-Call |
Maine citizens voted to legalize recreational marijuana use in 2016. While recreational use of marijuana is permitted, the law allows employers to prohibit the consumption, possession, trade, display, transportation, sale, or growing of marijuana in the workplace, and employers could still maintain substance abuse policies at work. However, the drug testing provision related to recreational marijuana use, effective February 1, 2018, significantly limits an employer’s ability to perform drug tests.