Summary Of Medical Marijuana's Effect On Employment Law

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The author Acharya, Viral also stated that The so-called “good-faith exception” to employment-at-will, which applies when a court determines that an employer discharged an employee in bad faith, can be effective in limiting an employer’s capacity for holding up the innovating employee. To demonstrate, this statement defined as if the court rules that employers discharge employees in the wrong way or bad faith, and it limits the employer’s capacity of holding up employees for the job. Medical Marijuana's Effect on Employment Law: The Highs, the Lows, and the Unanswered Questions. the journal wrote by Hearing, G. A., & Balducci, M. A. shows how medical marijuana effect labor laws. Moreover, the journal stated that the Florida state constitutional

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