Labor Relations Stories about cannabis industry layoff s and turnover have dominated headlines in 2023. Images by MJBizDaily and MJBizMagazine Turnover Trends F Non-revenue-generating positions are on the chopping block, while demand grows for hourly workers By Omar Sacirbey or evidence of headwinds facing the regulated marijuana industry, look no further than the cannabis labor market. As headlines from the past several months attest, employers ranging from multistate operators to small cannabis businesses to ancillary companies have laid off employees. 34 September 2023 | MJBizMagazine And for the fi rst time since regulated marijuana markets opened in the United States, the number of cannabis jobs in the country contracted during the past year, according to a report released in February 2023 by marijuana industry recruiting fi rm Vangst. A national decline in cannabis industry jobs was unfathomable a year ago, given the many new markets and those getting ready to launch. But global infl ation, depressed cannabis prices, a dearth of investment dollars as well as oversaturation in mature markets have compelled many marijuana companies