Medical Marijuana Has Multiple Implications for Employers

Medical marijuana is an issue that employers must increasingly be aware of, and it can have several implications in the workplace, an insurance industry representative said Wednesday during the 2015 California Workers’ Compensation & Risk conference in Dana Point. Mike Hessling, chief client officer for third-party administrator Gallagher Bassett Services Inc., said one question is whether the use of medical marijuana should be compensable in workers’ compensation claims, as it is now in New Mexico. But another issue for employers is whether employees using medical marijuana ...