Marijuana Use Is Up Among Workers
More U.S. workers are testing positive for marijuana while the number testing positive for opioids continues to decline, according to the annual Quest Diagnostics Drug…
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4 HR “Keys” In The Expanding Cannabis Industry
When small cannabis businesses navigate a growth spurt, their Human Resources (or HR) practitioners have an opportunity to demonstrate exactly how they can contribute to…
6 Tips For Effective Dispensary Referral Programs
Employee referral programs can be an effective way to hire talented people in the cannabis industry, and they can also be invaluable in the current…
6 Smart Strategies For Dispensary Managers
Working in HR and managing people in the cannabis industry offers many different challenges, but some come back again and again – and they usually aren’t…
Humor Increases Dispensary Happiness
Could you imagine an employer telling employees they can’t laugh while working in a cannabis dispensary? In today’s world, successful businesses have a strong focus…
Co-Workers With Criminal Records
As we all know, in order to work in the cannabis industry, it requires a criminal background check before anyone can seek employment most of…
Tips To Avoid Dispensary Staff Burnout
How To Help Your Team w/ Dispensary Burnout As a manager in the cannabis industry, you want to do right by your dispensary employees and…
Marijuana Presents Thorny Issues For HR
As more jurisdictions legalize medical and recreational marijuana use, HR continues to struggle with the challenges presented by applicants and employees who use the drug.…
Skipping Cannabis Industry Progressive Discipline
Many cannabis companies practice progressive discipline to correct bad behavior by employees: A verbal warning, a written warning, and then a final written warning are…
5 Steps Ending Cannabis Dispensary Harassment
The power of the #MeToo and Time Up movements has transformed the sexual harassment discussion from tabloid gossip about the rich and famous into a…
Making Cannabis Work Mean Something
Making the Cannabis Industry Work Meaningful Cannabis industry employees value salary, benefits, and company leadership, but meaningful work drives job satisfaction more than ever. What…
Weed at Work
A majority of states now permit medical marijuana use, and federal law may not always pre-empt state laws when it comes to their impact on…
The ABC’s of THC
As U.S. support for the legalization of cannabis grows and more states approve cannabis’ medical and recreational use, employers must understand the relevant legal developments…
Cannabis Cultivated New Branch of HR
As recreational cannabis into a legitimate billion-dollar business from its seedy past, human resources professionals are encountering business challenges that are both familiar and new.…
Cannabis Industry Skills Gap Fallout
Employers in the cannabis industry need to shift their focus from reactive hiring to thinking of themselves as builders of talent. With new assessments, big…
Dispensary ‘Regrettable Resignations’
While a certain amount of turnover is inevitable and may even be desirable, no dispensary manager wants to be blindsided by a valued employee’s decision…