NLRB Division of Advice Finds Cannabis Workers Not Covered by Federal Labor Law | Seyfarth Shaw LLP
To embed, copy and paste the code into your website or blog: On January 25, 2021, the National Labor Relations Board’s Division of Advice released an Advice Memo on the issue of whether certain cannabis workers were exempt from the National Labor Relations Act as agricultural workers. The Advice Memo noted at the outset that the “Board has not ruled on whether employees of a marijuana enterprise are agricultural laborers or statutory employees.” The difference in classification is important – the Board has jurisdiction over statutory employees but not agricultural laborers, which mean...