Posts Tagged ‘marijuana’
180-plus marijuana workers unionize in Illinois and California
More than 100 employees at Illinois marijuana stores and 80 at a California cannabis delivery service are joining unions. Teamsters Local 777 reached a tentative agreement with workers at five different marijuana stores owned by Verilife, a subsidiary of PharmaCann, in the Chicagoland area. The collective bargaining agreement covers more than 100 workers at Verilife stores in…
Read MoreCourt Decides Who Should Pay for Injured Worker’s Chronic Back Pain Treated with Medical Marijuana
When this injured worker self-weaned off opioids as a pain management medication, he turned to medical marijuana. The court had to decide who was responsible for payments.In 2006, Edward Appel suffered a work-related herniated disc while on the job as an employee for GWC Warranty Corporation. Appel went on to receive two lower back surgeries.…
Read MoreCannabis rebrands aim to differentiate retail, not alienate shoppers
A push toward familiarity and comfort is in, while cannabis shops that resemble the Apple Store appear to be on the way out. Taking a page from contemporary retailers, groceries and restaurants, cannabis companies are overhauling their store interiors to simplify and accelerate transactions using tablet ordering stations, digital signage and menus, and designated…
Read MoreUS House bill would would grant marijuana companies federal tax relief
State-legal marijuana businesses would enjoy long-requested federal tax relief under a bill introduced Monday in the U.S. House of Representatives by a key congressional cannabis advocate. The Small Business Tax Equity Act, introduced by Rep. Earl Blumenauer, an Oregon Democrat who co-chairs the Congressional Cannabis Caucus, would make marijuana businesses obeying state law exempt from Section…
Read MoreCannabis retailers extending 4/20 promotions from 1 day to up to a month
Every year on 4/20, cannabis retailers across the U.S. gear up to celebrate the unofficial April 20 marijuana holiday with promotions, deals and in-store events aimed at attracting new customers and keeping the ones they have. While this year is no exception – coming three years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic –…
Read MoreCannasure Quickly Moving New and Renewal Business from Topa in California
It appears one of the nation’s better known cannabis insurance specialists is having to do some scrambling after AM Best announced it was downgrading the credit ratings of Topa Insurance Co. in Calabasas, California, and its subsidiary, Dorchester Insurance Company Ltd. in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Topa and Dorchester provide a sizable amount of insuring…
Read MoreCalifornia OKs Bill Protecting Workers Who Use Marijuana at Home
California could soon become the seventh state to make sure people won’t lose their jobs if they smoke marijuana when they’re off the clock. State lawmakers in late August passed a bill to stop companies from punishing workers who fail a certain type of drug test that detects not whether a person is high, but…
Read MoreNBA Players’ Union Partners With Former Star Al Harrington On CBD Product Line To Be Sold By Amazon And Walmart
NBA Players’ Union Partners With Former Star Al Harrington On CBD Product Line To Be Sold By Amazon And Walmart The NBA players’ union announced a new partnership on Tuesday to promote the sale of a line of CBD products from a business owned by a former star player that will be distributed through…
Read MoreMLB Teams Can Now Be Sponsored By CBD Companies
MLB Teams Can Now Be Sponsored By CBD Companies, Baseball League Official Says The MLB is now reportedly allowing baseball teams in the league to sell sponsorships to cannabis companies that market CBD products, as long as they meet certain criteria. MLB has been among the more progressive professional sports organizations in the U.S. when…
Read MoreCalifornia Governor Signs Marijuana Tax Relief Bill Aimed At Combating Illicit Market – Marijuana Moment
California Governor Signs Marijuana Tax Relief Bill Aimed At Combating Illicit Market The governor of California on Thursday signed a wide-ranging bill to restructure the state’s adult-use marijuana program, including by eliminating a cannabis cultivation tax, in an effort to provide industry relief and further curtail the illicit market. AB 195, which builds upon an…
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