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It is true that the bill does not prohibit the employer from terminating an employee for being impaired.  What is the legal definition of impaired?  If an employee is cross eyed falling down drunk, who we would all agree is definitely impaired, then an employer has a legal basis for termination or discipline. However, if an employee partakes of marijuana before coming to work, who is to say he is not impaired? Will this employee being operating machinery, equipment, or dealing with sensitive information?  This bill does allow for the denial of marijuana usage for ‘safety sensitive’ positions; but the bill puts a caveat in where if the employee does not work alone and the supervisor or other employees could protect the impaired employee from harm to self or others, then it is perfectly acceptable to be under the influence of marijuana.  Who is to say that the employee who is supposed to be taken care of the impaired employee is not also...
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