What Cannabosss Do About Weed In The Workplace?

Many South African businesses are tasked with adapting or changing their operating procedures and policies each time there is new legislation introduced or changes to existing legislation. A perfect example of this would be when the Constitutional Court ruling in Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development and Others v Prince and Others¹ changed the way in which an individual's recreational and private use of cannabis is regulated, requiring employers to determine the most effective way to deal with the impact that this would have on the workplace.

What Are The Legislative Implications?

Although the Constitutional Court ruling permits adult persons to use, possess or cultivate cannabis in private for their own personal consumption, there have been no legislative changes to date. There has been, however, some movement in respect of this with the submission of the Cannabis for Private Purposes Bill of 2020 to Parliament. Be that as it may, the existing