Legalized Marijuana in the Workplace
Now that Michigan has legalized recreational marijuana, this creates new challenges for employers who want to maintain a drug-free environment. Our experts will help business managers better understand the new law, its impact on employers, and provide strategies to make expectations clear to employees and prospective new hires.
Can you deny work comp benefits if a work injury is a result of marijuana use?
If we quit drug testing will our OSHA recordable rate go up?
If we quit drug testing will our workforce change?
What should our response be to the new law? Practical vs. Legal
Do supervisors need additional reasonable suspicion training?
Maggie McPhee, SHRM-CP, PHR, Director of Information Services, The Employer's Association
Maggie joined TEA in 1989 after working in HR for the hospital and retail industries. She is a graduate of Michigan State University and is a certified Professional in Human Resources (PHR).
At TEA, she is responsible for conducting annual TEA member surveys in Compensation and Benefits, coordinating member data contributions to EAA national surveys, conducting special industry surveys, managing the TEA library resources, facilitating HR roundtable meetings, and consulting with members via the TEA "hotline."
Maggie also conducts training classes for TEA on HR compliance topics. She also conducts HR department audits, reviews member company handbooks for compliance, and is currently the Secretary/Treasurer of the Human Resources Group (HRG), and serves on the board of The Down Syndrome Association of West Michigan.
Justin R. Wheeler, Bolhouse Hofstee & McLean
Justin joined Bolhouse, Hofstee & McLean in 2018 and focuses his practice in the areas of Business Law, Real Estate and Commercial Litigation. He received his Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from Davenport University, with Honors, and graduated Magna Cum Laude from Western Michigan University Cooley Law School. Justin is very involved in the Rental Property Owners Association of Michigan where he serves as preferred counsel and teaches continuing education courses to RPOA member. He and his wife and children make their home in Grandville.
Date and Time
Friday Apr 19, 2019
7:30 AM - 9:00 AM EDT
Friday, April 19
7:30 am - 8:15 am - Coffee, Networking
8 am - 9 am
Fees/Admission
FREE - Members
$15 - Non-Members
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Grandville MI 49418
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