HIGHLIGHTS
■■ Employers’ top concerns include workplace safety, impairment
or intoxication and increased use of cannabis both inside and
outside the workplace
■■ Employers will play a critical role in helping to shape legislation
related to impairment, drug testing and benefits coverage for
medical use
Employers also expressed concern surrounding testing for
impairment, managing accommodation of needs, costs of covering
medical cannabis and other financial impacts on the organization,
and issues related to productivity and employee performance.
The report, Blazing the Trail: What the Legalization of Cannabis
Means for Canadian Employers, discusses the varied perspectives
on how to evaluate impairment from cannabis, and outlines how
the need to implement or amend drug policies to address the legalization
of cannabis will vary depending on the type of work.
The report offers some considerations for employers, including:
■■ Determine how stringent the organization should be regarding
alcohol and drug testing and potential discipline for impairment
on the job
■■ Provide appropriate resources and supports for those who
may be suffering from problematic cannabis use and addiction,
including employee (family) assistance programs and access to
confidential treatment
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■■ Determine whether to allow limited consumption of cannabis
during work-related social or networking events
■■ Educate employees and managers on how to detect and
manage problematic use, dependence and potential
cannabis impairment
The report provides an overview of the landscape for employers
as legalization of recreational cannabis approaches. An extensive
literature review is supplemented by data from a recent survey of
Canadian employers.
WORKPLACE MOBILITY MAKING CANADIAN
BUSINESSES VULNERABLE TO DATA BREACHES:
SHRED-IT STUDY
Shred-it released its annual “State of the Industry Report” which
exposes information and data security risks currently threatening
Canadian enterprises and small businesses and includes survey
findings from the Shred-it Security Tracker. The study found
that Canadian businesses, while embracing the concept of workplace
mobility, are failing to implement proper data protection
policies and staff training, putting them at a heightened risk of a
data breach.
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