Posted on 08/30/2024 8:21:28 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Home Depot plans to do away with testing prospective employees for marijuana and will ban screening current staffers for pot, according to a report.
The big box retailer — which employs roughly 400,000 people in more than 2,000 locations nationwide — sent memo earlier this week saying that “marijuana will be removed from all drug panels” throughout the company’s US-based operations, according to the news site Marijuana Moment.
The directive from the human resources department said the company will also ban testing for marijuana following a workplace accident and in cases where there’s reasonable suspicion that an employee was impaired, according to the site.
SCOOP: Internal memo says Home Depot, one of the largest employers in the U.S., will update its employee drug testing policies next month to remove cannabis from all screening panels and stop pre-employment drug testing of most workers.
https://t.co/suCNH1Ks0p pic.twitter.com/YzqTCFSMU0— Ben Adlin (@badlin) August 27, 2024
Pre-employment drug testing for marijuana “will only be conducted for external candidates with contingent offers in Asset Protection and Corporate Security,” according to the memo cited in the report.
The changes are reportedly set to take effect on Sept. 1.
The Post has sought comment from Home Depot.
“Home Depot continually evaluates our policies, the external environment, and benchmarks with other companies to ensure we remain competitive while complying with local, state, and federal laws,” read the memo, whose contents were first circulated on a Home Depot-linked Reddit forum.
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I wonder of these companies still do this....
I wonder how that works out when a tow motor structurally compromises shelving resulting in an unfortunate incident.
To misquote a former President, they aren’t getting all weed-weed up
They are setting themselves up fp lawsuits. They should at least screen the employees who drive forklifts and handle the saws.
Why bother screening when you already know what the result will be, or when you don’t want to know the result?
> I wonder how that works out when a tow motor structurally compromises shelving resulting in an unfortunate incident. <
This policy change is good news for the stoners.
It’s also good news for the personal injury lawyers.
What ... those guys aren’t far enough ‘out of it’ already??
Ask one of them to calculate what you need for bathroom tile while he/she is high. Good luck!
If they screen for something, they have to react to a positive test. If they don't screen in the first place, they are in a stronger position to plead ignorance when something goes wrong.
And to be fair, one of the problems with marijuana screening is that current testing technology doesn't do an effective job of establishing impairment. This is a big reason why law enforcement organizations that deal with motor vehicle safety have long been opposed to legalizing marijuana.
Wait till the fork lift guy backs into some little old lady!!
There’s “high,” and there’s residual THC in the system. Screening doesn’t distinguish between the two.
MMJ and/or RMJ users plus power tools?
What could possibly go wrong?
The test should be offering stale doritos, or cold pizza.
Guess they finally realized you don’t need to be sober to tell people what they’re looking for is on the other side of the store.
Never been drug tested for any job ever.
It’s the non-recession. Cut costs. Bottom line.
I switched to Lowes many years ago and this latest WOKEISM from Home Depot cements that choice.
oh great, the merchandise is already all mixed up on the shelves!
Because if you’ve been in a Home Depot lately, they are desperate for decent help.
That's stupid. That's exactly when they should test.
Let the employees know that even though they are not testing normally, they will be let go if they cause injury or major damage and found to be impaired by any drug.
It happens nearly every time I am on the highway now.
Traveling at 60 mph, I can smell weed coming from cars around me. The stuff nowadays must be really potent
There is likely no fool-proof solution...and there are a lot of fools out there.
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