Home Depot To End Marijuana Testing, Limit Screening For Most Employees, Internal Memo Reveals
Home Depot Inc (NYSE:HD), one of the U.S.’s largest employers, is planning to do away with marijuana testing for prospective employees and discontinue drug testing for the majority of its workforce.
The big box retailer, which employs some 400,000 people in more than 2,000 locations around the country, announced internally on Monday that “marijuana will be removed from all drug panels” throughout the company’s U.S.-based operations, according to a memo obtained by Marijuana Moment. The changes are set to take effect on Sept. 1.
According to the document, cannabis will be eliminated from all drug panels in the U.S., including tests conducted after workplace accidents or when there’s reasonable suspicion of employee impairment, although workers regulated by the Department of Transportation will not …