Maine is offering state employers “impairment detection training” as the state prepares to implement its recreational marijuana law in 2018, the Maine Department of Labor announced on Tuesday.

California regulators fined an Oakland contractor more than $3.5 million in wages and penalties for multiple wage theft and labor law violations, including worker misclassification that led to unprotected workers, the state Labor Commissioner’s Office announced Tuesday.

The muddied intersection between federal and state medical marijuana laws has legal experts advising employers to re-examine their drug-free workplace policies.

The Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation’s new rule aimed at discouraging lumbar fusion surgery and use of opioids for workers with back injuries is consistent with best medical practices and unlikely to face legal challenge, according to some experts.

A Kentucky woman who stole nearly $39,850 in workers compensation benefits meant for her dead mother, who was a former New York public educational services employee, was sentenced Monday, according to a statement by New York State Inspector General Catherine Leahy Scott.

California regulators and Chevron Corp. have settled workplace safety and health citations issued in relation to a 2012 refinery fire for more than $1 million.