You can be fired for being an alcoholic too
Until Obamacare makes them a protected class with a ‘disability’ or something...
I second that. Anyone can now claim discrimination and immunize themselves from ever being fired. The teachers started this racket
Now CA has been invaded with "Brown Rot" and CO is being taken over with the degradation of "Dopes!!!"
It's hideous and does not speak well of the formerly prosperous personally responsible citizens that used to populate both states but are now being either crowed out or over-ridden by dopers, pre-verts and Lie-berals in general!!!
I probably should have included WA, OR, NV and now even UT and NM in this list, but the list is growing at an alarming rate!!!
Banks with a federal relationship may not want to risk their federal charter by knowingly breaking federal law.
Owners of commercial buildings may have similar concerns.
Of course you can legally fire a dope smoker. Tobacco smokers already face this if the employer prohibits it (even offsite).
Any kind of accident opens companies up for lawsuits and/or fines...especially from OSHA. Since it's not possible to tell WHEN potheads last smoked pot any accidents caused by potheads must be assumed to involve impairment because of pot smoking.
If a companies defense is "well, I didn't KNOW he was high" it doesn't matter. They allowed a stoned employee to work. They'll be sued by people hurt by their product or service and lose in heartbeat. They'll be fined out of existence by OSHA if it's a workplace accident. It's much easier and cheaper to just not hire or to fire them if they ever have pot in the their system.
You can be fired if your company has a no smoking policy which includes off premises use of tobacco. The casual dope smoker will be under the type of policies.
This is the fallacy of the ages, that just because something is “legal” it becomes virtuous, or at least, morally neutral.
Look what the sodomites did with it?
quote “No business would ever fire an employee simply because they had a couple beers over the weekend or a cocktail after work”
wrong, a Baptist related business would.
Any student or faculty of Baylor University caught drinking off campus is subject to expulsion and/or termination for instance.
You get popped in my line of work your ass will be gone in an instant.
Not only from the employer but from anybody working next to you.
Let’s say you run a company. Obviously there are going to be good workers and bad workers. It is very hard to just fire someone for being a “bad” worker. Now lets say that, coincidentally, most good workers don’t smoke pot, and most bad workers do smoke pot. It is a no-brainer.
Most states are employment “at will” states. Which means you can be fired for any reason or no reason at all so long as it is not an illegal reason. Despite the hysteria over protected classes it is still easy to fire someone especially if they white, male, under 40, Christian, and not disabled.
So I can fire you for alcohol comsumption or for drinking coffee.
Employers are free to restrict many things that are legal and can do many things that people consider “unconstitutional”. If you do not like it you are of course free to quit.
Any employee covered by the DOT (fed dept of transportation), drivers, ship captains, train engineers, misc. transportation workers are subject to drug testing.
Many gov’t agencies and many high profile employers have drug testing programs.
Most (not all) decent jobs have drug testing requirements.
I personally don’t believe it’s anyone’s business what I do in my off hours as long as I’m not infringing upon anyone’s natural rights.
I also believe any private entity has the right to make their own rules of employment.
Nose under the tent.