{"id":17257,"date":"2019-10-21T10:00:56","date_gmt":"2019-10-21T14:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.benefitscanada.com\/news\/canadian-employers-want-more-information-about-cannabis-in-the-workplace-survey-137688"},"modified":"2019-10-21T10:00:56","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T14:00:56","slug":"canadian-employers-want-more-information-about-cannabis-in-the-workplace-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.lifeinsurance-orleans.ca\/index.php\/2019\/10\/21\/canadian-employers-want-more-information-about-cannabis-in-the-workplace-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian employers want more information about cannabis in the workplace: survey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Staff<\/span> | October 21, 2019 <\/p>\n

The vast majority (87 per cent) of Canadian business owners said they haven\u2019t had any cannabis-related incidents in the workplace since recreational cannabis was legalized last October, according to a new survey by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business.<\/p>\n

Just eight per cent said they had experienced an incident, while five per cent were unsure. Employers with 100 to 499 employees were the most likely (22 per cent) to say they\u2019d experienced an incident. By industry, hospitality (16 per cent), enterprises and administration management (14 per cent) and natural resources (11 per cent) were most likely to have had an incident.<\/p>\n

Read: Majority of Canadians say legalization of recreational pot not impacting workplace: survey<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The survey also found 65 per cent of small employers said they have a workplace drug and alcohol policy in place, while 34 per cent said they don\u2019t and one per cent don\u2019t know.<\/p>\n

Despite the lack of cannabis-related incidents, survey respondents still expressed concerns about cannabis in the workplace. Some 60 per cent said they aren\u2019t satisfied with their provincial government\u2019s education efforts around the topic, with 33 per cent ranking provincial education efforts as poor and a further 27 per cent considering them very poor. Just two per cent of respondents said the quality was very good and 17 per cent ranked it as good.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re finding that provincial governments still have not done a great job of informing employers of their responsibilities, relevant rules and regulations, as well as the resources available to them,\u201d said Dan Kelly, president of the CFIB, in a press release.<\/p>\n

Read: Cannabis boom brings recruitment challenges for employers<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cMany small businesses don\u2019t have [a human resources] department or legal experts on staff so they need help and resources, but too often their needs are treated as an afterthought when governments rush to introduce major new legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n

The survey also found 26 per cent of business owners cited their provincial government as their primary source of information on cannabis in the workplace. Another 32 per cent called the CFIB their main source, while almost half (48 per cent) of respondents said they have no main information sources.<\/p>\n

Among respondents who said they have a primary source of information, 59 per cent said they felt better equipped to manage cannabis in the workplace.<\/p>\n

Read: Employer obligations around medical pot, benefits plans<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Read the full article at BenefitsCanada.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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