Posted on 03/31/2010 3:39:19 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA
A local hospital is not allowing smokers to apply for positions, deeming them too high of a health cost. What is next? Downhill skiing? Skydiving?
This intrusion into our personal lives should not stand,but amazingly, many even here on FR< support this!
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A private business should be able to reject any applicant for any reason except race, gender or age.
Several companies didn’t permit employees to have facial hair until recently.
I would not hire a smoker especially in a healthcare setting.
Since when did smoking become a “right” on the job?
Employers should be able to discriminate against downhill skiers and skydivers too.
Employment is a contract based on a set of terms. Is is your “right” to show up to work in only your underwear even though you can legally dress this way at home?
Don’t think so...
Company’s should be allowed to not hire women of child bearing age, since they might get pregnant. That’s costly you know.
/s
People who like this must also like obamacare. Both are horribly intrusive into one’s personal life.
Funny how:
race now includes illegal aliens
gender includes transexuals
age, well, just relocate the business outside the US, LOL.
drink?..is next
The argument is that smokers cost too much. What about people in wheelca=hairs then?
Where does this (very) slippery slope end? And don’t say the courts. With obamacare and libs on many benches, some courts may approve of not employing those in wheelchairs.
That would be my thinking. They’ll be telling you how many drinks you can have and then testing you Monday morning.
(the truly scary part is that many here would agree with this too)
but but but it’s good for you
As a fellow employee, I’ve noticed people who smoke take many more “breaks” during the day than the non-smoking employee. If I were an employer, I’d lay down policy about smoking breaks.
But one of the reasons a small business owner might not want to accept smokers is their insurance costs will rise if there are smokers on their policy.
Is not hiring older workers due to health care costs, age discrimination? /sarc
To anyone who supports this, remember that when they come for something you like.
Like going to the beach? Laying on the beach is verboten! Cancer risk you know.
Like downhill skiing? Verboten! Risk of injury or death.
A drink or two? Verboten! And we will test you.
Travel to Cairo to see the Pyramids for 2 weeks? Too much pollution. Try another city.
Anyone who laughs at any of these things really has not thought this through.
I owned a Thai restaurant. I didn't hire smokers because I didn't want the "extra" on the clock breaks, or the more frequent "sick" calls.
Nor did I want to subject my customers, other employees, or myself to the stink.
Firefighters aren't allowed facial hair. It interferes with a proper fit for their SCBA.
A "Right" is something the founding fathers deemed important enough to kill to maintain. They wisely listed those things in a document as a warning to would be tyrants.
Sadly we now have become so whimpified that we tolerate the tyrant.
“As a fellow employee, I’ve noticed people who smoke take many more “breaks” during the day than the non-smoking employee. If I were an employer, I’d lay down policy about smoking breaks.”
I work at a very large company. I’ve noticed people of a certain ethinicity that take many more “breaks” than others. Should I be allowed to discriminate based on race?
I usually agree with everything you say, but in this one I have to agree with those that say it is a private business and they should have the right to hire how they wish to hire.
For this same reason I don’t support the Smokefree laws. If I as a business want to have a bar where smoking is allowed, why can’t I? And then hire only smokers to work?
This is about smoking at home, enforced by blood tests.
My employees must all be female, and willing to sleep with me on demand.
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