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While I love to discriminate against smokers, I am surprised it's legal. Especially if it's on the hiring process. I understand for health care purposes, the provider has a right to know the details of your health and habits, but I never heard of jobs that prefer non-smokers.
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Smoking reflects a lack of self-discipline and and a poor decision making process. Not valuable character traits in an employee.
In New Zealand:
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Rescue helicopters and ambulances are operated by charities and are plastered with corporate logos
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Pfizer Macht Frei!
Openly Straight Man, Danke, Awarded Top Rated Influencer. Community Standards Enforcer.
Quiz: Test Your "Income" Tax IQ!
Short Income Tax Video
The Income Tax Is An Excise, And Excise Taxes Are Privilege Taxes
The Federalist Papers, No. 15:
Except as to the rule of appointment, the United States have an indefinite discretion to make requisitions for men and money; but they have no authority to raise either by regulations extending to the individual citizens of America.
I wonder how long before they test for lazy genes?
In New Zealand:
The Coastguard is a Charity
Air Traffic Control is a private company run on user fees
The DMV is a private non-profit
Rescue helicopters and ambulances are operated by charities and are plastered with corporate logos
The agriculture industry has zero subsidies
5% of the national vote, gets you 5 seats in Parliament
A tax return has 4 fields
Business licenses aren't a thing
Prostitution is legal
We have a constitutional right to refuse any type of medical care
Yeah this bothers me even though I'm not job hunting. I've quit smoking using e-cigs so even though I couldn't pass a nicotine test, I don't smoke. But of course it's their right to discriminate.
First, a question: what $#@!ed company was this?
As to the issue in question, I believe they are free to discriminate based on tobacco use or any other point they may choose. I do draw the line, however, at the invasive act of testing. They should be able to ask you if you smoke for whatever the reason. Your word should be all they require in response with the understanding that if they find out that you in fact do smoke, they can show you the door. Forgetting that companies are free to ask such questions of their prospective employees, they should certainly be free to do so when the answer directly effects the nature of the work. Imagine a biochemical company that produces highly sensitive compound that must have no nicotine in it as a contaminant. I would not blame them for wanting to ensure that an employee not breathing it into a batch of whatever.
Either we are free or we are something else. Freedom means that some of us will do things the rest of us do not like. Discrimination is my right for any reason I may choose. I am not, however, entitled to demand you give me samples - certainly not without a detailed explanation as to why they are being demanded and how it directly relates to job function. For example, I feel it is perfectly legitimate for a private airline to test pilots for drug use as such use may directly affect the pilot's ability to safely operate aircraft. Some will cringe at this, but really there is no issue of violation in question here. Were I CEO I would make damned sure to minimize risk to my customers, which in the case of a stoned pilot could be substantial.
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If they want to be crazy like that, don't apply with them. That is pretty screwed up.... Some big companies are getting stupid crazy nowadays. We need more small businesses.
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They should not be forced to associate with anyone they don't want to. For any reason.
Voluntary association ftw.
What if courts or PDAs become corrupt,criminal, etc?
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Genuine, willful, aggressive ignorance is the one sure way to tick me off. I wish I could say you were trolling. I know better, and it's just sad.
I don't have a problem with this. Based on my experience, smokers tend to spend an excessive amount of time outside on breaks smoking. Its really not fair to everyone else. Non-smokers work non-stop except for their lunch break. For some reason, smokers feel like its their right to take smoke break after smoke break. I'm sure if there was a statistic, non-smokers produce more than smokers.
I'm kind of glad to see a company cracking down on this and not giving smokers all the breaks.
I'm kind of glad to see a company cracking down on homosexuals, who feel it's their right to engage in perverse activities that show poor judgment skills and engage in behavior that is medically risky and causes all of health care costs to rise.
/shrugs
40 years ago sucking the smoke from a smoldering shred of plant matter was considered normal and "OK".
Now, it's sick and twisted and anti social, but fellating another man is considered normal and "OK".
/shrugs again.
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