Court Rules That Weed Employees Are Covered by Federal Workplace Protections

Merry Jane
Sep 23, 2019, 12:46 pm260 pts
If you work for a cannabis dispensary and your employer hasn’t paid you overtime because your business is federally outlawed, you’re in luck: a US court of appeals ruled on Friday that all federal workplace regulations apply to state-legal weed businesses, meaning your stingy boss better pay up! What…

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