Posted on 06/01/2021 9:07:31 PM PDT by Olog-hai
The online retail giant Amazon.com Inc said on Tuesday that it will stop requiring jobseekers to take a cannabis test in the US, in line with laws in a growing number of states.
Amazon will continue to check for other drugs and will keep on screening people for job positions that are regulated by the Department of Transportation, according to the company’s consumer boss Dave Clark.
“In the past, like many employers, we’ve disqualified people from working at Amazon if they tested positive for marijuana use,” Clark said. “However, given where state laws are moving across the US, we’ve changed course.”
Medical and recreational cannabis use has been legalized in a growing number of states, but it remains a classified substance at the federal level. …
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Like, 'whatever,' Man!
Regards,
And I will NEVER buy another food product or health supplement for myself or my dogs from Amazon, ever.
I do not want potheads touching ANYTHING any of us will consume.
We actually showed that video in an in-house forklift training we did at the shop where I work. It was the non-subtitled version, but it still got the point across.
Be ready for some wrong orders being fulfilled.
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