Whether they are a grower, processor, distributor or dispensary — or all of the above — cannabis businesses face a distinct set of workplace challenges.

Our Cannabis Law team includes dedicated Labor & Employment attorneys who have a sophisticated understanding of these unique issues. Our lawyers don't dabble in the legal cannabis sector, they've represented cannabis businesses since the industry was in its earliest stages. We've seen and helped clients solve a full spectrum of problems, and leverage that experience to provide effective, efficient advice that produces results.

We help businesses in the medical and adult-use cannabis segments navigate a broad range of organized labor issues, including contract negotiations, grievance processing and Labor Peace Agreements, as well as a wide variety of everyday workplace issues such as employee background checks, worker classification and discrimination claims, sexual harassment and workplace health and safety.

Our experience includes:

• Representing Jushi in several matters that resulted in defeating unionization and leading collective bargaining negotiations for its Scranton-area facilities that resulted in a favorable CBA.
• Leading the collective bargaining negotiations for a dispensary that resulted in a favorable CBA.
• Providing labor relations counseling and advice to national union-represented cannabis employers including collective bargaining agreement administration, grievance processing and labor arbitrations, labor relations training, National Labor Relations Act compliance, design and implementation of compliant workplace policies and procedures; mid-term union negotiations and day-to-day labor relations counseling.
• Overseeing successful campaign that resulted in a union withdrawing its National Labor Relations Board petition filed against one of our clients.
• Advising client on labor/corporate issues involved in the acquisition of a cannabis company with unionized workers.
• Conducting labor due diligence in cannabis industry corporate transactions.
• Negotiating and administer Labor Peace Agreements.
• Representing cannabis employers in proceedings before the National Labor Relations Board, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and other state and federal agencies.
• Advising clients on employment law issues related to state legalized medical marijuana.
• Researching and delivering opinion on whether employees may be fired for consuming marijuana when they are off work.
• Examining unemployment benefits for an employee fired for consuming medical cannabis.
• Outlining duty to provide reasonable accommodation for employees using medical cannabis.
• Defending multistate cannabis operators against employment discrimination cases before the EEOC and in federal courts.