Legal Mandates and HR Practices
 
 
A prospective employee tests positive for marijuana on a drug test in a state where marijuana is not legal.

• What is your role as a nurse executive in the hiring process?
• What are the legal mandates that you need to abide by in this situation?
• How would you engage with this prospective employee?
• What if this was a current employee? What would guide your response and how would you engage with this employee?

 
 
Reference:
Fried, B. J., & Fottler, M. D. (Eds.). (2018). Fundamentals of human resources in healthcare (2nd ed.). Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press.

• Chapter 3, “The Legal and Ethical Environment” (pp. 51–86)
• Chapter 10, “Organized Labor” (pp. 264–295)
  (Previously read in Week 10)

Lytle, T. (2019, August). Marijuana and the workplace: It’s complicated. HR Magazine. Retrieved from https://www.shrm.org/hr-today/news/hr-magazine/fall2019/pages/marijuana-and-the-workplace-its-complicated.aspx