Workplace Marijuana Policies 2025

“Turning confusion into clarity: workplace marijuana policies made simple.”

As marijuana legalization continues to expand across states and federal discussions intensify, employers face growing uncertainty around workplace policies, compliance, and employee rights. The workplace is becoming a complex space where legal, medical, and cultural perspectives on marijuana intersect. In this timely session, Matthew Burr will walk participants through the evolving landscape of marijuana in the workplace, offering practical guidance on building clear policies, protecting organizational integrity, and balancing employee wellbeing with legal compliance.

This session isn’t just about laws—it’s about real-world scenarios: What do you do when an employee uses marijuana legally outside of work? How do you address performance or safety concerns without stepping into discrimination? And what policies should you put in place today to avoid costly litigation tomorrow?

Key Areas -

Current state and federal developments on marijuana legalization in 2025
How marijuana use intersects with workplace safety, productivity, and liability
Best practices for drafting or updating drug and alcohol policies
Guidance on handling reasonable accommodation requests under ADA
Effective approaches for testing, documentation, and progressive discipline
Case examples and scenarios to help HR and managers navigate gray areas

Why You Should Attend:

Gain clarity in a confusing regulatory environment where federal and state laws often conflict
Learn strategies to minimize legal risk while maintaining a fair and respectful workplace culture
Understand how marijuana policies can directly affect safety-sensitive industries such as manufacturing, healthcare, and transportation
Leave with actionable tools to update policies and train managers before issues arise
Position your organization as proactive rather than reactive in managing this evolving issue

Who Should Attend:

HR professionals
Payroll & benefits managers
Business owners & executives
Supervisors and managers
Legal and compliance officers

Instructor

Matthew Burr

HR Consultant

Matthew Burr has over 16-years of experience working in the human resources field, starting his career as an Industrial Relations Intern at Kennedy Valve Manufacturing to most recently founding and managing a human resource consulting company; Burr Consulting, LLC, Talentscape, LLC and Co-Owner of Labor Love, a Labor, and Employment Law poster printing company. Prior to founding the consulting firm, the majority of his career was heavy industry manufacturing and healthcare. He specializes in compliance auditing, training labor and employment law, conflict resolution, performance management, labor, and employment relations. Matthew has a generalist background in HR and operations, while providing strategic HR and operational solutions to his clients, focusing on small and medium sized organizations. He works as an Adjunct at Alfred State University, Tompkins Cortland Community College, and The College of St. Rose. He successfully designed an HR Concentration in the business management major that aligned with both SHRM and HRCI certifications, providing opportunities for students to sit for both the SHRM-CP and aPHR certifications upon completion of the degree, concentration, and internship hours as an Assistant Professor of Management at Elmira College (Retired January 2022). Matthew is also the SHRM Certification Exam Instructor, with a current pass rate of 92% on the SHRM-SCP and 83% pass rate on the SHRM-CP and a combined 88% on both exams over a 7-year period of instructing the course (Elmira College, Collin College & The College of St. Rose). Matthew works as a trainer Tompkins Cortland Community College, Corning Community College, Broome Community College, and HR Instructor for Certification Preparation for the Human Resource Certification Institute (HRCI). He also acts as an On-Call Mediator and Factfinder through the Public Employment Relations Board in New York State, working with public sector employers and labor unions.

Credits

Opty learn is recognized by SHRM to offer Professional Development Credits (PDCs) for SHRM-CP® or SHRM-SCP® recertification activities.

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Workplace Marijuana Policies - Legal, Safety & Compliance Essentials for 2025

Course Type	HR & Payroll
Date & Time	Sep 24th 2025 01:00 PM ET
Duration	60 Minutes
Instructior	Matthew Burr

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$ 155
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$ 165
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$ 175
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$ 185
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$ 175
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Live session is a live webinar which you access through your computer and headphones and you can ask your questions directly to our speaker.

$ 175
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