New Jersey recently enacted legislation expanding labor protections for employees working in the state’s licensed cannabis industry. The new law is aimed at addressing long-standing gaps in worker coverage created by the intersection of federal labor law and cannabis-related employment, particularly for employees whose work has historically fallen outside traditional federal protections.
A central feature of the legislation is the extension of collective bargaining rights and unfair labor practice protections to cannabis employees who are not covered by the federal National Labor Relations Act. By doing so, the law establishes a state-level framework governing labor relations in the cannabis sector, bringing these employees more closely in line with workers in other private industries.
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