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Proposition 64 – Marijuana in the Workplace: What Can We Anticipate?
County Personnel Administrators Association of California (CPAAC) Fall Conference | September 30, 2016
Presented By: Gage Dungy

Federal Drug-Free Workplace Act

• Employers Who Receive Federal Grants Must:

– Establish a Drug Free Awareness Program.
– Publish a Statement.
– Distribute a Statement.
– Notify Employees Under Grant of Requirement to

Report Workplace Drug Convictions Within 5 Days of
Conviction.
– Impose Sanctions on Convicted Employees.
– Inform Granting Agency of Convictions.
– Make Good Faith Effort to Maintain Drug Free
Workplace.

DOES NOT REQUIRE DRUG TESTING!

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California Drug-Free Workplace
Act

• Employers Who Receive a State Grant or
Contract Must:

– Establish Drug Free Awareness Program.
– Provide Employees with Written Statement.
– Describe Penalties for Violations.
– Inform Employees About Dangers of Drug

Abuse in Workplace.
– Identify Available EAP’s.
ALSO DOES NOT REQUIRE DRUG TESTING!

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DOT Drug and Alcohol Testing 6

• Marijuana Use is Prohibited for DOT-
Covered Employees and is Tested For in
DOT Drug Tests:

– Pre-Employment
– Post-Accident
– Reasonable Suspicion
– Random
– Return To Duty /Follow-Up

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