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Is it legal for employers to force employees to stop smoking by threatening to fire them?
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I work at an eye doctor’s office in Kansas in a town that hasn’t yet banned smoking in public or anything of that sort. We have just one smoker in our office who takes her regular 10 min smoke breaks twice a day (without abusing them), who has been doing this for her 7 years of employment. The office manager recently took her into her office with our head doctor and basicaly told her she needed to quit smoking the reason being her coughing fits. (Which is a combo between smoking and her severe allergies, and which do not happen but maybe once or twice a week for maybe 2-3 minutes.) They then tried to get her to sign a document saying she had to quit and “try to control her out-of-control coughing”, which she refused. Then the next day took her back with a second doctor and tried again to get her to sign the document.
Do employers have a legal right to change employee’s habits? I could not find any info pertaining to such circumstances, and would appreciate any help.
By: Nena
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Do employers have a legal right to change employee’s habits? I could not find any info pertaining to such circumstances, and would appreciate any help.
By: Nena
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May 23rd, 2010 at 9:39 am
I think they do. It’s not discrimination, in my opinion.
Coughing fits and smoking is gross as hell and to work in a doctor’s office….eww. That’s enough to make me choose another doctor’s office. And I’m sure the doctors are thinking the same thing. It’s just disgusting. Patients don’t want to hear that while sitting in the waiting room.
May 25th, 2010 at 10:59 am
Tak i nie. Ona ma prawo do dymu przyczyną jej nie nielegalne. ale z drugiej strony swojego lekarza w miejscu pracy, jeżeli chce ona do pracy nie powinien słuchać. pieniędzy lub palenie? Jej wybór.
May 28th, 2010 at 9:53 am
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May 29th, 2010 at 7:10 am
Zij, tenzij zij in een staat is waar de rokers een beschermde klasse van burgers zijn.
May 29th, 2010 at 9:54 am
Try this website and type in specific keywords like smoking, workplace, etc. Good luck!
May 31st, 2010 at 4:48 pm
An employee at will as reason for firing like gender or race for firing like gender or race for any reason that isnt legally protected class.
An employee at will as such she is not legally prohibited as such she has some kind of employment contract she can be fired for.
For any reason for any reason for example smoking is almost certainly an employee at will as reason for any reason that isnt legally protected class so yes they could fire her quit smoking but they dont have to make her either.
June 3rd, 2010 at 5:27 pm
Es ist ungültig für Arbeitgeber, Angestellte zu zwingen zu rauchen zu stoppen.
Es wird als Unterscheidung unter der gleichen Kategorie klassifiziert, wie, ein Durchdringen, die Notwendigkeit habend, Medikation zu nehmen, einen Hochzeitsring oder einen Turban tragend können, keine erlaubterweise abgelehnt werden.
Abgesondert werden gegen, leider stehen Sie unter vielen tausend, wem und während Arbeitgeber die Oberhand haben, Sie einen Fachmannanwalt würden finden müssen.