Rauls Outlines the Employment Issues that New Jersey's Adult-Use Cannabis Businesses Need to Consider

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Social Equity and Hiring in New Jersey’s Nascent Adult-Use Cannabis Industry: How to Get It Right

Saul Ewing Partner Ruth Rauls outlines the employment issues that the state’s adult-use businesses need to consider.

HR and employment issues should not be at the bottom of this list of considerations, says Saul Ewing Partner Ruth Rauls.

“It’s something to be top of mind for companies and businesses that are setting up,” she tells Cannabis Business Times. “That can’t be the bottom of the list or one of the things that you’re going to deal with later. There are a lot of laws in New Jersey for employees that employers need to know about, and so it’s better to educate themselves now and be aware of what those obligations are going into it as opposed to dealing with it later.”

Social equity has been an important component of New Jersey’s adult-use cannabis program, with the Cannabis Regulatory Commission (CRC) taking what Rauls calls a multi-pronged approach to equity in the marketplace, from the business licensing process to hiring practices.

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