Illinois proposal to bar employers from firing workers over pot advances

A bill to enshrine protections for workers in Illinois who use cannabis products cleared a hurdle in the state general assembly last week.

The legislation passed in the Illinois House of Representatives on Thursday and arrived in the state Senate the following day. Democrats control both chambers of the general assembly.

Under the proposal, “an employer may not refuse to hire an individual or discipline an employee because results of an individual’s drug test indicate the presence of THC on the part of that individual,” nor may the employer fire or impose a discipline against an employee for such conduct.