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Maine and Oklahoma have enacted new drug testing requirements affecting employer compliance obligations. Oklahoma’s Medical Marijuana Act amendments effective November 1, 2026, provide employers with greater discretion to base adverse actions on marijuana use….
Maine has enacted a new law protecting medical cannabis patients from workplace discrimination, reinforcing job-related safeguards for registered users. The measure limits employers from taking adverse action against employees or applicants solely based on their…
New laws in Maine and Oklahoma will significantly change employer drug-testing requirements in 2026. Maine’s amendments impose stricter procedural safeguards, including written documentation of observable impairment before reasonable-suspicion testing, expanded…
Maine has revised its workplace drug‑testing law to prohibit arbitrary testing and limit when employers may test applicants or employees. Beginning July 29, 2026, testing is allowed only through reasonable suspicion, criteria‑based testing, or neutral random…
Maine and Cincinnati now prohibit employers from making salary history inquiries of potential employees. In Maine, “An Act Regarding Pay Equality” prohibits employers from using, inquiring about or confirming an applicant’s compensation history until after an offer of…
Effective February 1, 2018, a provision of Maine’s recreational marijuana law prohibits employers from taking adverse employment actions for off-premises marijuana use. One of the provisions provides that employers are not required to permit or accommodate the use,…
This month, Maine has become the first jurisdiction in the nation to protect workers from adverse employment action based on their use of marijuana and marijuana products. The “Question 1 – An Act to Legalize Marijuana” (The Act) was approved in November by Maine…
Legalization ofrecreational marijuanawas on the ballot in five states this Election Day: California, Massachusetts, Maine, Arizona and Nevada. California, Massachusetts, Nevada and Maine voted to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, giving a huge boost to the…
Recently, Maine became the latest state to enact legislation restricting an employer’s access to employees’ and job applicants’ personal social media accounts. The new statute prohibits an employer from requiring, coercing or requesting an employee or applicant: to…
Effective as of October 15, 2015, employers in Maine will be restricted in their ability to access the personal social media accounts of applicants and employees. Employers may not terminate, discipline or otherwise take adverse action against an employee, or reject…