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[quote=JBMallory;11115543]100%!! if you cannot smoke in a workplace, then police officers, truck drivers that dont own their own trucks, etc shouldnt be able to either[/quote
So you think that people that work in a office should not be alowed to talk on a cellphone calls the same as truck drivers? Childsh non-sense.
Police officers can't smoke in their cars, firemen can't smoke in their trucks, bus drivers can't smoke in their busses (although amazingly, I actually saw a guy smoking a cigarette while waiting for the kids to be let out of school yesterday...w/the door closed I might add), ambulance drivers can't smoke in their vehicles....so, what's the problem here? It's a company vehicle, is it not? These truckers don't actually own these trucks do they?
a company policy is one thing, but the police enforcing it is another. A company policy is not a law.
What about if I work for a company but work from home? They have a policy that you can't smoke in the workplace, so would I not be able to smoke in my own house when I'm on the clock?
100%!! if you cannot smoke in a workplace, then police officers, truck drivers that dont own their own trucks, etc shouldnt be able to either[/quote
So you think that people that work in a office should not be alowed to talk on a cellphone calls the same as truck drivers? Childsh non-sense.
Actually? Yes. Business calls and emergencies only. Where you're going this weekend, or after work? NOT an emergency.
Business calls are on the company's phone, cell phone calls are personal business, and have no place at work. Not that there should be an enforceable law on the subject--it should be self-enforcing.
What about if I work for a company but work from home? They have a policy that you can't smoke in the workplace, so would I not be able to smoke in my own house when I'm on the clock?
Actually, there was a company that did not want you smoking. At all. Even on your own time, at home, away from work. They cited insurance reasons.
Well--what if I don't WANT the insurance--does that mean I still have to quit to work there? I have quit, but it was more of a matter of it no longer being financially feasible than any other reason.
Actually, there was a company that did not want you smoking. At all. Even on your own time, at home, away from work. They cited insurance reasons.
Well--what if I don't WANT the insurance--does that mean I still have to quit to work there? I have quit, but it was more of a matter of it no longer being financially feasible than any other reason.
Any private company can't tell you what you can and can't do on your own time. They can't just come out and say it anyway, they can, however, fire you for whatever they want.
That I don't know. But I can see them claiming that it's not a protected class, unless smokers are asserting that they have a disability. I remember the report because I smoked at the time, and found it ridiculous.
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