{"id":50496,"date":"2020-07-06T01:17:41","date_gmt":"2020-07-06T01:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/?post_type=us_state_laws&#038;p=50496"},"modified":"2023-04-26T10:21:56","modified_gmt":"2023-04-26T15:21:56","slug":"new-jersey","status":"publish","type":"us_state_laws","link":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/us-state-laws\/new-jersey\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Workplace Drug Testing Issues \u2013 New Jersey State Laws<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>These categories do not effect DOT-regulated drug testing. Government employers should always call for potential additional restrictions on employee drug testing.<\/p>\n<p>Important to review the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/marijuana-considerations\/new-jersey\/\">New Jersey marijuana laws<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>New Jersey employers should only conduct post-accident drug testing only when they believe the individual caused or contributed to the accident.<\/p>\n<p>March 2019 &#8211;\u00a0\u00a0a disabled employee may sue his former employer under the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination (\u201cNJLAD\u201d) for alleged discrimination based on the employee\u2019s use of medical marijuana.\u00a0<em>Wild v. Carriage Funeral Holdings, Inc., et al.<\/em>, Docket No. A-3072-17T3 (N.J. App. Div. Mar. 27, 2019).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Marijuana is legal in New Jersey. <\/strong>The laws in New Jersey favor employees and not employers.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/blogs\/employer-testing-for-marijuana-in-new-jersey-a-complex-issue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Employer drug testing for marijuana in New Jersey is a complex issue.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/us_state_laws\/50496"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/us_state_laws"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/us_state_laws"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/us_state_laws\/50496\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nationaldrugscreening.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}