On January 1, 2022, Philadelphia’s ordinance, titled, “Prohibition on Testing for Marijuana as a Condition for Employment,” Phila. Code § 9-5500, et seq., will take effect. The ordinance—which was passed by the Philadelphia City Council on April 22, 2021, and signed into law by Mayor Jim Kenney on April 28, 2021—states that in the City of Philadelphia it “shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer, labor organization, employment agency or agent thereof” to require a prospective employee to submit to pre-employment marijuana testing as a condition of employment. The ordinance does not address marijuana testing with respect to current employees, and it does not prohibit an employer from disciplining an employee for being under the influence of marijuana while working or possessing marijuana in the workplace.
While the ordinance’s ban will affect many Philadelphia employers, the ordinance details several enumerated exceptions to the prohibition on pre-hire marijuana testing. For example, the ordinance excludes certain categories of positions, permitting continued pre-employment marijuana testing for the following:
“Police officer or other law enforcement positions”
“Any position requiring a commercial driver’s license”
“Any position requiring the supervision or care of children, medical patients, [or] disabled or other vulnerable individuals”
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