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California workers won't have to worry about being fired, or not hired, for off-the-clock marijuana use

It will soon be illegal for California employers to let workers' offsite and outside-of-work marijuana use be a factor in hiring or firing decisions, according to a new state law. Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday signed into law a bill that makes California the seventh state in the United States that does not allow employers to discriminate against workers who smoke weed "off the job and away from ...
Richard Eastman, right, smokes a joint inside the Lowell Cafe on opening day in West Hollywood, California, on Oct. 1, 2019.

It will soon be illegal for California employers to let workers' offsite and outside-of-work marijuana use be a factor in hiring or firing decisions, according to a new state law.

Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday that makes California that does not allow employers to discriminate against workers

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