{"id":2453228,"date":"2020-01-14T12:06:33","date_gmt":"2020-01-14T19:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/?p=319073"},"modified":"2020-01-14T12:06:33","modified_gmt":"2020-01-14T19:06:33","slug":"colorado-lawmakers-want-to-stop-employers-from-firing-people-for-using-weed-in-their-personal-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kspn\/local-news\/colorado-lawmakers-want-to-stop-employers-from-firing-people-for-using-weed-in-their-personal-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Colorado lawmakers want to stop employers from firing people for using weed in their personal time"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.aspentimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2018\/11\/llacc-atd-112818-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Two Colorado lawmakers want to pass a law to protect workers who use marijuana when they\u2019re off the clock.<\/p>\n<p>House Rep. Jevon Melton, D-Aurora, has introduced&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/leg.colorado.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/2020A\/bills\/2020a_1089_01.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a bill<\/a>&nbsp;to prevent businesses from firing employees for partaking in legal activities on their own time \u2014 even if the activities are only legal under state and not federal law. To pass, though, the bill will likely require some compromise to address expected objections from the business community.<\/p>\n<p>Melton says the measure would correct an oversight in Colorado law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was just a glaring gap that we have here in the statute, especially when we\u2019re supposed to regulate marijuana like we are with alcohol,\u201d Melton said. \u201cIf someone\u2019s able to drink while they\u2019re at home and on their free time, as long as they\u2019re not coming into work intoxicated, then they\u2019re not penalized with their employment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The bill would clarify the definition of legal activities as those that are legal just under state law, so if Coloradans legalize anything else that is illegal federally, lawmakers wouldn\u2019t have go through the same process again.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2020\/01\/14\/colorado-legislature-marijuana-employees-fired\/?utm_medium=social&amp;utm_content=fb-denverpost&amp;utm_source=facebook.com&amp;utm_campaign=socialflow&amp;fbclid=IwAR2pTHAeAoukAqMWgppa7gSnRmYVoBVngv4pKsoInZUWDJZlfsqStfOEi90\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Click here (opens in a new tab)\">Click here<\/a> to read the full story from The Denver Post.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aspentimes.com\/news\/colorado-lawmakers-want-to-stop-employers-from-firing-people-for-using-weed-in-their-personal-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: The Aspen Times<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Colorado lawmakers want to pass a law to protect workers who use marijuana when they\u2019re off the clock. House Rep. Jevon Melton, D-Aurora, has introduced&nbsp;a bill&nbsp;to prevent businesses from firing employees for partaking in legal activities on their own time \u2014 even if the activities are only legal under state and not federal law. 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