Very educational piece written by Seth Thorne BusinessTech which all SA businesses should be aware of.
Employers should proactively update policies to accommodate legal cannabis use, ensuring compliance and workplace safety, thereby averting disputes arising from outdated rules.
This is outlined by legal experts at Webber Wentzel, Lizle Louw and Amy Kingpoint, who say that misconceptions about where, when, and among whom cannabis can be used are rife.
While the 2018 Prince judgment saw the Constitutional Court decriminalise the private use of cannabis by adults in South Africa, which led to increased private cannabis use. However, “during the years that followed, there has been an increase in unfair dismissal and unfair discrimination cases related to cannabis use,” said Louw and Kingpoint. Now, the recently published Cannabis for Private Purposes Act, 2024 may exacerbate this.
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