States across the country are enacting cannabis laws that offer protections for employees using marijuana for medical and recreational purposes. In New York City, employers are prohibited from requiring employment candidates to submit to testing for THC and employers in Philadelphia now are prohibited from requiring job applicants to submit to cannabis testing. Those employers who still include cannabis testing in their pre-employment process could face lawsuits and even a reduction in the employee pool since one employment agency in Illinois said 40 percent of recent applicants had failed drug tests for cannabis use.
