Home Depot, one of the largest employers in the United States, is shifting its employee drug testing policies to remove cannabis from screening panels entirely and stop pre-employment drug testing of most of its workers, according to a new document obtained by Marijuana Moment.
The planned changes are set to take effect on September 1 and were sent out in a human resources memo this week, which says that “Marijuana will be removed from all drug panels” in the U.S.—including from tests following a workplace accident and in cases where there’s reasonable suspicion an employee was impaired.
More broadly, the memo says that pre-employment drug testing going forward “will only be conducted for external candidates with contingent offers in Asset Protection and Corporate Security.”
The policy changes do not apply to employees regulated through the federal Department of Transportation.
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