Employers in the state-licensed cannabis industry must still pay their workers overtime in compliance with federal labor laws even though marijuana remains illegal at the federal level, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit said Friday.
A unanimous three-judge panel affirmed a Colorado federal district court ruling allowing the Fair Labor Standards Act claims of marijuana security worker Robert Kenney to proceed against his former employer, Helix TCS Inc.
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