so them what is keeping your employer for stating that it is a new condition of your employment that you don't drink - even on your own time. are you saying that the only recourse is to quit?
or maybe that you don't watch fox news, or don't drink coffee, or eat chocolate, or eat at MacDonald's, or own a firearm, etc..?
Nothing, they can do that. No problem. In fact, I know of companies who do not allow their employees to even be in the company of drinkers at parties and gatherings and such. Moody Bible Institute has such rules.
are you saying that the only recourse is to quit?
You don't like the deal, haul ass.
or maybe that you don't watch fox news, or don't drink coffee, or eat chocolate, or eat at MacDonald's, or own a firearm, etc..?
Righto. People have no gun on them to work anywhere.
In fact, I don't allow my employees to eat at McDonalds. Of course, I work for myself, so it's no problem.
You said: so them what is keeping your employer for stating that it is a new condition of your employment that you don't drink - even on your own time. are you saying that the only recourse is to quit?
What if we look at this the other way around? Can an employee quit his job because his employer smokes at home? Or must he continue to work there? What if the boss watches a tv show or follows a sports team that the employee finds unacceptable? Can the employee quit, or must he continue to work there? Of course the employee can quit for whatever reason, or no reason. The employer has the same right. Is the employer stupid? Maybe.
Smokers do not hesitate to rely upon property rights in the argument against smoking bans in private bars and restaurants-- and I agree with them. If it is your property, you can do what you want. Businesses are privately owned property. Employers can hire and fire at will, at least in most states, at least for now.....