Cannabis in the Workplace
Employee Rights & Responsibilities

                                                                                                                                         

Cannabis & the Workplace (Employee Rights) Course Summary

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Overview

This course is designed to provide employers, managers, and supervisors with a more detailed understanding of cannabis in the context of the workplace. Cannabis & the Workplace (Employer Rights and Responsibilities) helps you to understand how laws have changed with regard to cannabis through 2018, and provides practical guidance to help develop and apply appropriate and effective workplace marijuana use policies and procedures.

Duration

Approximately 20 minutes. Online course is self-paced. Participants may leave the course at any time and can resume where they left off. The duration will vary depending on the individual learner and their prior knowledge of the subject matter.

Who should take this Course?

This course is relevant for employees, contractors, workers and anyone with an interest in a greater understanding of Provincial and Federal workplace cannabis legislation. The content of this course is applicable for all workplaces across Canada, including British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland, Labrador, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, and the Northwest & Yukon Territories.

Course Developer

This online Cannabis in the Workplace: Employee Overview/Rights and Responsibilities course, content and certification is developed and owned by BIS Safety Software Canada.

Completion Requirements

At the end of the online module participants must successfully complete the test. Participants that do not achieve 80% can review the module content and try up to 3 times, as necessary to complete the course. Upon successful completion, there is a printable Certificate for your records.

Learning Outcomes

The purpose of this course is to provide a foundation that you can build upon when understanding the facts regarding employee rights and obligations for cannabis in the workplace. This includes many key components of workplace cannabis policies and legislation.

  • Knowledge and understanding how Federal and Provincial cannabis laws have changed since 2018
  • Knowledge and understanding of workplace drug and alchohol policies
  • Knowledge and understanding of key terms regarding cannabis use and workplace safety
  • Knowledge and understanding of "Awareness" with regard to to workplace impairment
  • Differences between recreational marijuana/cannabis use, and medicinal marijuana/cannabis use
  • Knowledge and understanding of employer, employee, and contractor rights and responsibilities regarding the use of cannabis
  • Identifying when driving is considered a workplace task
  • Identifying and utilizing best practices to remain alert in the workplace
  • How to avoid and respond to workplace impairment incidents
     

Instant Access

Access Instructions

You will access and complete the workplace Cannabis Use online course modules through a secure personal profile you'll create within the online elearning platform.

As soon as you have registered and paid for your online workplace Cannabis policy for employees course, you will have immediate access to the course and contents, which you can complete at your own pace from any web-capable computer/tablet/smartphone.

Step-by-Step Instructions

  • Click the "Register" button
  • Then click "Buy Now" or "Add to Cart" in the course window/tab that opens in your browser
  • Assign a username and password for yourself on the elearning platform, or sign in with your existing profile
  • Enter your billing information and click "Pay Now"
  • Assign, access and complete the course at your own pace

You'll receive an email from the system with the login link and instructions, so you can close your browser any time, and restart where you left off later.

It's important to securely store and remember the specific Username and Password that you've assigned to your elearning profile, so you can login and resume your course from any device. You can save the link to your browser bookmarks, or just return to this page and click the blue button below.

You can also purchase and assign courses for other people, through your personal profile. You can easily assign, manage and track the training and certifications for yourself or your entire organization.

SafeTapp Training Record Management

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Click here to learn more about using the SafeTapp training record management app to track all your online health and safety courses and training.

     

Online Course Modules

Workplace Cannabis Course Preview

Once you have completed the registration process and activated the online workplace Cannabis course in your elearning profile, you will be able to move through the individual modules at your own pace. You can start and stop as often as you like, and you can pick up where you left off later.

You will have three attempts to successfully complete the course modules and achieve a minimum score of 80% on the final test. If you are unsuccessful after the third attempt, you will be required to re-purchase the course and start over with three new attempts. As long as you pay attention to the videos, you should have no problem navigating the course and exam process.

Once you have successfully completed all the modules, you can access, download and print your Cannabis & the Workplace: Employee Rights and Responsibilities certificate.

Cannabis & the Workplace (Employee Rights & Responsibilities)

Lesson 1: How to use this learning tool

Online Workplace Cannabis Course for Employees Lesson 1
Learning Tools
  • Course Overview
  • Changes to Cannabis Law
  • Responsibilities of Employers
  • Course Controls
  • Course Navigation and Progress
  • Overall Progress Bar
  • Menu with Lessons
  • Skip ahead or go back to previously completed Lessons
  • Pause-Play / Volume
  • Lesson Progress Bar
  • Previous / Next Buttons

Lesson 1: Introduction

Online Workplace Cannabis Course for Employees Lesson 2
Introduction
  • Employer, Supervisor and Manager Responsibilities
  • Workplace Safety Responsibilities
  • Communication of Workplace Cannabis Policies
  • Employee Compliance with Cannabis Policies
  • How Workplace Cannabis Laws have changed through 2018
  • Difference between recreational and medicinal cannabis use
  • Terms surrounding workplace safety and cannabis use
  • Due Diligence
  • Updating your workplace Drug and Alcohol policy to consider and reflect changes to cannabis laws
  • Legislation that governs cannabis Rights and Responsibilities
  • Information that impacts Employers, Managers, Supervisors, Employees and Contractors
  • How to meet workplace cannabis policy expectations
  • Specific Legal Advice

Lesson 3: Policy and Legislation

Online Workplace Cannabis Course for Employees Lesson 3
Policy & Legislation
  • Provincial Workplace Legislation
  • Federal Workplace Legislation
  • Federal and Provincial Cannabis Legislation
  • Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S)
  • Human Rights Acts and Legislation
  • Cannabis and Alcohol
  • Other impairing substances at the workplace
  • Strong Safety Culture in the workplace
  • Responsiblity to remain Fit for Duty
  • Workplace Drug and Alcohol Policies
  • Fit for Duty Programs
  • Understanding and acknowledgement of workplace policies

Lesson 4: Safety Language

Online Workplace Cannabis Course for Employees Lesson 4
Safety Language
  • Workplace safety concepts
  • Safety terminology and language
  • Impairment
  • Understanding how drugs affect your body
  • Concentration
  • Thinking
  • Decsion Making
  • Reaction Time and Coordination
  • Motor Skill Impairment
  • Recreational and Medicinal Cannabis
  • Different levels of impairment
  • Responsibility for awareness of your own impairment
  • Stop work immediately if you are unfit for duty
  • Having a prescription does not excuse impairment
  • Safety Sensitive Positions
  • Safety Sensitive Tasks
  • Any job function which would risk damage to property, the environment, equipment, or injury to yourself or others if not conducted in a safe manner
  • Working at heights
  • Driving at work
  • Fit for Duty
  • Your physical, mental and emotional readiness to perform essential job functions safely
  • Arriving to work impaired after using cannabis

Lesson 5: Recreational vs Medicinal

Online Workplace Cannabis Course for Employees Lesson 5
Medicinal vs Recreational
  • Use of a drug is considered medicinal only when it has been prescribed by a licensed medical doctor, and is being used in the way it was authorized
  • All other uses are recreational
  • Legalization of cannabis does not change how businesses operate
  • There is an expectation and responsibility to arrive at work fit for duty and unimpaired
  • The purchase, possession, use of, or impairment by cannabis is not not tolerated on worksites or during work hours
  • Use of cannabis outside of work
  • Impairment from the use of cannabis outside of work must not carry into work hours
  • Medicinal cannabis prescriptions should be disclosed to your employer
  • Medicinal cannabis prescriptions confer rights and responsibilities for workers and employers

Lesson 6: Rights & Responsibiities

Online Workplace Cannabis Course for Employees Lesson 6
Rights & Responsibilities
  • Employee rights & responsibilities are based on minimum standards set out in OH& and Human Rights legislation by the government
  • How these rights & responsiblities will affect and be affected by new cannabis laws
  • Knowing your rights & responsibilities is essential
  • Your primary responsibility is to ensure your safety and the safety of those around you at work
  • Cooperating with leadership on safety related issues
  • Adherence to safety related policies and procedures
  • You do not have the right to be impaired at work, even with a prescription
  • You have the right to stop work if it becomes unsafe due to your own impairment or the impairment of others
  • You must disclose any treatments that may cause you to become impaired at work
  • You have the right not to be discriminated against
  • Protected Grounds as defined by the government of Canada
  • Race
  • National or Ethnic origin
  • Colour
  • Religion
  • Age
  • Sex
  • Sexual Orientation
  • Gender Identity or expression
  • Marital Status
  • Genetic Characteristics
  • Physical or Mental Disability
  • Conviction for an offence for which a pardon has been granted
  • You have the right to reasonable accommodation for medicinal use only, not recreational use
  • You have a responsibility to participate in the accommodation process
  • Drug and Alcohol testing (including cannabis)
  • Testing as a pre-hiring process
  • Testing after an incident
  • Testing with reasonable cause
  • Scheduled testing with sufficient notice
  • Testing under a monitoring agreement
  • Random testing

Lesson 7: Employer Rights & Responsibiities

Online Workplace Cannabis Course for Employees Lesson 7
Employer Rights
  • Employer rights and responsibilities are based on employee rights and responsibilities
  • Employer's primary responsibility is to ensure the health, safety and welfare of employees
  • This extends to anyone affected by worksite operations
  • Employers have the right not to be discriminated against and the responsibility not to discriminate based on protected grounds
  • The responsibility to accommodate employees who have disclosed a illness or legally authorized medicinal cannabis treatment which makes them no longer able to safely perform work tasks
  • If accommodation is overly burdensome to business or operations
  • The limits of Duty to Accommodate
  • Employer Rights to Undue Hardship

Lesson 8: Disclosure & Accommodation

Online Workplace Cannabis Course for Employees Lesson 8
Disclosure & Accommodation
  • Employee accommodation processes are complex
  • Procedures, Circmstances, Treatment
  • Disclosure is the action of an employee informing their employer of a disability or treatment for a disability which impacts their fitness for duty or ability to safely perform workplace activities
  • May be short term
  • May be long term
  • May be related to addiction
  • Must be accompanied by a valid cannabis prescription
  • Use of medical cannabis at work must be disclosed when you are in a safety sensitive position or have to perform safety sensitive tasks while you are impaired by your treatment
  • Disclosure upon initial application
  • Disclosure when relevant to the position you are being hired for
  • Disclosure when you are already employed
  • Voluntary disclosure when it is not mandatory
  • Process of Accommodation after disclosure
  • Finding a way to remove barriers that prevent you from working
  • Ensuring workplace leadership is aware of your needs
  • Providing all relevant information needed to accommodate
  • Final decisions regarding accommodation
  • Following up and modifying accommodations
  • Accommodations do not have to be your preferred option as long as they are reasonable
  • If you reject a reasonable accommodation
  • Accommodation has limits
  • Every case is unique
  • Accommodation must be handled with confidentiality on a case-by-case basis

Lesson 9: Knowledge Check

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