- An employer cannot refuse to hire a person solely on the basis of such person’s or employee’s status as a qualifying patient who uses medical marijuana certified to have an approved condition by a practitioner.
- An employer cannot refuse to hire a prospective employee who uses cannabis outside the workplace prior to being hired unless:
- (1) the hiring of such person would put the employer in violation of a federal contract or cause it to lose federal funding; or
- (2) the employer refuses to hire a prospective employee with a conditional job offer pursuant to an established written policy made available to such prospective employee concerning the prospective employee’s positive test for recent cannabis use.
- (3) the prospective employment is for a position that is an “exempt employee” as defined in CGS Sec. 21a-422p
- (4) the prospective employer is a party to a valid collective bargaining agreement that specifically addresses drug testing, conditions of hiring, or conditions of continued employment of such applicant (CGSSec. 21a-422s).