What is Nepotism? Nepotism is the practice of showing preference toward family or friends, and often rears its head in the workplace when a higher-up at a company selects someone they know for a new position or promotion. Many people tend to cringe when they hear the...
CWC x Rational Unicorn Legal Services Present: What They Don’t Tell You About Starting a Cannabis Business: Best Practices Our first workshop will be focused on the differences between a W2 Employee and a 1099 Independent Contractor. Properly classifying a...
Oregon has adopted an emergency rule that strengthens requirements for employers to protect workers from extreme heat in what advocates call the nation’s most protective heat rule, following deadly record-high temperatures in the Pacific Northwest and the passing of...
First, the bad news. The Just Enforcement Act (HB 2205) crashed and burned after a bruising work session. This is the bill that would have allowed workers to step into the role of the state and enforce worker protection laws when the state lacks the capacity or will...
A new safety and health guide from Oregon OSHA is intended to help employers and workers in the cannabis industry identify hazards associated with their work and determine how to control them. From the brain of long-time advocate for safety in cannabis, Jeff Jackson,...
How many jobs are there in America’s legal marijuana industry? The 2021 Leafly Jobs Report, issued earlier today, found 321,000 full-time equivalent (FTE) jobs supported by legal cannabis as of January 2021. That total includes both plant-touching and ancillary...
