Miscellany

Staff lose jobs over smoke ban

Four workers in the United States have lost their jobs after refusing to take a test to see if they were smokers. They were employees of Michigan-based healthcare firm Weyco, which introduced a policy banning its staff from smoking – even away from the workplace.
I’m all for getting people to stop smoking when they’re in public and are affecting the health of others, but I think this is going a bit too far. They could have just charged smokers a larger premium than non-smokers to encourage them to stop smoking…

Staff lose jobs over smoke ban

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