He estimates that roughly one-tenth of his group’s members have stopped testing for marijuana out of frustration. Thoran Towler, CEO of the Nevada Association of Employers, said the most common question from his 400 member executives is, “Where do I find employees?” Nevada is one of nine states that have legalized cannabis for recreational use and one of 29 that permit the use of medical marijuana. Several other casino companies in Southern Nevada did not immediately respond to requests for comments on whether they’d discontinue pre-employment screening for marijuana.Ĭaesars is among a number of companies that have ended the screening in a bid to find more qualified workers. Department of Transportation requirements that we’re mandated to pre-screen for marijuana,” he said. “There are certain jobs which there are U.S. “If somebody is believed to be using or high at work, then we would continue to screen for marijuana and other drugs.”īroome also said there are some driver jobs that would still require pre-employment screening for marijuana. “A number of states have changed their laws and we felt we might be missing some good candidates because of the marijuana issue and we felt that pre-screening for marijuana was on the whole, counterproductive,” said Rich Broome, executive vice president of corporate communications and community affairs for Caesars.

has joined the ranks of companies that no longer screen job candidates for marijuana use as a condition of employment.īut that doesn’t mean the company has stopped all testing.Ī company spokesman on Monday said the need for good workers coupled with the state’s recent legalization of recreational marijuana use has ended pre-employment testing for pot. (AP Photo/John Locher)Ĭaesars Entertainment Corp. April 20, or 4/20, is the numerical code for marijuana's high holiday, a homage to pot's enduring appeal and universal slang for smoking.

A customer shops for marijuana at the Exhale Nevada dispensary, Friday, April 20, 2018, in Las Vegas.

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