Ability to do the job and the medication one takes are two entirely different topics. Obviously someone with back problems isn't the best candidate for a piano mover and they would not be qualified for the job. A person who uses mj for health reasons unrelated to his/her ability to perform their job, must be accommodated. How that looks would vary for every situation,imo.
However, an employee with a marijuana prescription should inform the boss because failing to disclose it means the right to reasonable accommodation is forfeited.
Well according to the article only if you tell the employer, other wise you forfeit the right to accommodations.
Not so, the way I read it. I understand it to mean the employee, should they not inform their employer, cannot claim discrimination about there not being a policy, place to medicate etc. Pretty much...if they don't know, they can't be guilty of not accommodating. Failing to inform your employer of mmj use does not invalidate your rights, just your ability to sue for discrimination prior to you telling them. This exact issue is part of what I am dealing with now and trust me, I have done my research. My situation is somewhat unique as I live on site as part of my job caretaking a camp for a non-profit., and other than providing security and cutting the grass, any other work I do is volunteer. When it was discovered I smoked mmj, they asked why I hadn't informed them prior. This is a youth camp and I know they would have chosen someone else if I had disclosed. They have a spot on the application form to indicate medical issues and medications needed (meant more for youth attending camps) but as non of my issues are considered life threatening, I do not need to disclose my personal information. I am not asking for the employer to do anything to accommodate me, they just need/want a policy that keeps mj away from youth at the camp.
I just do the three written warnings. Legal, my ass is covered and it's never taken more than a week..you can always find reasons to write people up
Its actually upsetting eh, puts me in a real bumd out mood this early. I understand there fear but the responsability of being a employer is acomidating your employee. These small business owners feel there on top of the world. If i work for you for 8 months and i get hit by a train and cant walk - you need to put a ramp for my wheel chair. If i turn blind, you need to put brail on items for me to work with. If i need to take my medication - you need to provide me a designated place to medicate. If im someone from a different country and i would like to pray - you need to give me a small room for privacy to pray. If im one of those 220+ people getting heroin from europe come christmas well guess what - you need to accomidate that too. If you dont acomidate and if you violate the rights of the employee i hope you get sued. Sued so much that your business falls and fails, so much that you will understand that canadians are to be treated equally in the work place. I suggest some of you get a HR consultant to pop by for a day and show you fellas the ropes.
well I don't think they need to "give" you a room just the time you need to pray, as that sounds more reasonable to both parties.
just saying ... ya if they already have a room there sure why not.... but if your a warehouse, I don't think you have to build it for them
Yep....there's a woman at the pool trying to convert (for a man!) and the city of Whitehorse has to let her wear all that shit that would probably drown everyone if she had to jump in and provide her somewhere to go to pray in private. Welcome to the new Canada.
Why is it that people can't come to this country and adopt our way of life? If you have to change everything to the way it was where you came from why in the fuck did you leave? I don't get it and I think this started for me with the altering of the national police force uniform. End rant.