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…
Category: Workplace Compliance
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.…
Safety & Health In Cannabis Industry Workplaces
The rate of worker deaths and reported injuries in the United States has decreased by more than 60 percent in the past four (4) decades…
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…
Cannabis Industry Onboarding Programs Too Short
We know dispensary employees’ onboarding training is non-existent in the cannabis industry, but let’s take a look at other businesses’ onboarding training. So, about 77…
Cannabis Industry Workplace Romance
Working side by side on a common cause day in, and day out, it’s no surprise that co-workers sometimes become intimately involved in the cannabis…
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…
Cannabis Dispensary Workplace Investigations
A dispensary employee has complained about a colleague’s theft or maybe their behavior in the workplace. So now it’s time to start an investigation into…
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 Industry Cold Stress Safety
Anyone working in a cold environment may be at risk of cold stress. Some cannabis industry workers may be required to work outdoors in cold…
Protect Privacy of Cannabis Industry Workers
To protect worker privacy, the United States Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has issued a final rule that eliminates the requirement…
How to Handle Dispensary Vaping
Smoking has been banned from most workplaces for a long time, but vaping presents new issues for employers in the cannabis industry. So should the…
OSHA 300-A Posting Period
All employers required to keep Form 300, the Injury and Illness Log, must post Form 300A, the annual summary of job-related injuries and illnesses, in…
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.…