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What do YOU think?
« on: Feb 8th, 2005, 5:59pm » |
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"Three smokers left in the months leading up to the change and four others quit in late December before they could be fired for failing a smoking test, a spokeswoman said on Friday."
http://www.sci-tech-today.com/story.xhtml?story_id=18.542070
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Re: What do YOU think?
« Reply #1 on: Feb 8th, 2005, 6:08pm » |
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Then I could fire me for smokin,then get a labor lawyer on the public dime and sue myself for wrongful discharge,win a huge setlement and retire to N.C. and buy a tobacco farm and get gov't subsidies to not grow tobacco.
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Re: What do YOU think?
« Reply #3 on: Feb 8th, 2005, 6:34pm » |
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My immediate temptation is to get angry at the company for daring to try to control private lives and the government for allowing it to happen.
However, on deeper consideration, this seems to be more of an issue of companies setting standards and people choosing whther or not to follow those standards. Those of you that own businesses: Your business is a private enterprise. You should be allowed to set whatever standards for employment you so desire. People can choose to apply and/or to work there based on your requirements. Should the government have any right to tell you who you can or can't hire?
I know I'm going to take some heat for this, but MY vote is to keep government out of private enterprise. The more we allow government to become entangled in our daily lives, the more freedoms we give away.
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Re: What do YOU think?
« Reply #4 on: Feb 8th, 2005, 6:39pm » |
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on Feb 8th, 2005, 6:34pm, Gator wrote:| Should the government have any right to tell you who you can or can't hire? |
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It seems they already do dont you think?
"While Americans enjoy workplace protection from discrimination by race, gender, religion, creed, national origin and other factors"
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Re: What do YOU think?
« Reply #5 on: Feb 8th, 2005, 6:42pm » |
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Guess I picked a good time to quit.
Enjoying the withdrawal phase....NOT.
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Re: What do YOU think?
« Reply #6 on: Feb 8th, 2005, 6:42pm » |
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Maybe they should just give us the short list of what we can do.
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Re: What do YOU think?
« Reply #7 on: Feb 8th, 2005, 6:49pm » |
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on Feb 8th, 2005, 6:42pm, boonie wrote:Maybe they should just give us the short list of what we can do.
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I doubt desert islands would be on "the list".
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on Feb 8th, 2005, 6:34pm, Gator wrote:My immediate temptation is to get angry at the company for daring to try to control private lives and the government for allowing it to happen.
However, on deeper consideration, this seems to be more of an issue of companies setting standards and people choosing whther or not to follow those standards. Those of you that own businesses: Your business is a private enterprise. You should be allowed to set whatever standards for employment you so desire. People can choose to apply and/or to work there based on your requirements. Should the government have any right to tell you who you can or can't hire?
I know I'm going to take some heat for this, but MY vote is to keep government out of private enterprise. The more we allow government to become entangled in our daily lives, the more freedoms we give away.
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Some of these people had worked there 14 years and one didn't carry company insurance. This guy is a dickhead.
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Re: What do YOU think?
« Reply #9 on: Feb 8th, 2005, 8:02pm » |
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Re: What do YOU think?
« Reply #10 on: Feb 8th, 2005, 8:04pm » |
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on Feb 8th, 2005, 6:39pm, Jonny wrote:
It seems they already do dont you think?
"While Americans enjoy workplace protection from discrimination by race, gender, religion, creed, national origin and other factors"
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Where do you draw the line, though? Should you be forced to hire someone who would be a liability to your company? I don't see midgets playing pro basketball. No scrawny men in pro football. I've never seen a butt ugly waitress. All the girls at Hooters may not have DD's, but they all look good in shorts. I could go on.
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Re: What do YOU think?
« Reply #11 on: Feb 8th, 2005, 8:10pm » |
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on Feb 8th, 2005, 6:34pm, Gator wrote:| You should be allowed to set whatever standards for employment you so desire. People can choose to apply and/or to work there based on your requirements. The more we allow government to become entangled in our daily lives, the more freedoms we give away. |
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What are you saying ? This guy just took away those same freedoms that you say government should not intervene on ?
I hope this guy gets sued for everything he's got by the people who he discriminated against and invaded in the private life of those workers. He has taken away one of the few freedoms Americans have left. Who is he to say what someone can or cannot do when away from work. The idea of, do what I say because I have the power is total Bullshit. When is the mindset of "if you don't like it, find another job" gonna stop ? Workers need rights too.
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Re: What do YOU think?
« Reply #12 on: Feb 8th, 2005, 8:25pm » |
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Ridiculous. 
It's getting bad in Europe now too from what I read.
Smoking is too effen complicated now. It won't get better kids. 
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Re: What do YOU think?
« Reply #13 on: Feb 8th, 2005, 8:48pm » |
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Gator - I understand what you're saying. But, the fact is, the fired workers had been there for quite some time.
I do believe that private employers have the right to decide who to hire as long as they're within the law with regards to non-discrimination. This guy has the right not to hire people who smoke if that's the company policy. I don't believe he had the right to conduct "nicotine drug tests" and fire employees who might choose to indulge at home.
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Re: What do YOU think?
« Reply #15 on: Feb 8th, 2005, 9:12pm » |
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Re: What do YOU think?
« Reply #18 on: Feb 8th, 2005, 10:48pm » |
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Idiot tests are prolly next.....if I flunk does that mean I am smart ? Pleasantly dumb Pam
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Re: What do YOU think?
« Reply #19 on: Feb 8th, 2005, 10:58pm » |
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, on Feb 8th, 2005, 8:48pm, Kris_in_SJ wrote:Gator - I understand what you're saying. But, the fact is, the fired workers had been there for quite some time.
I do believe that private employers have the right to decide who to hire as long as they're within the law with regards to non-discrimination. This guy has the right not to hire people who smoke if that's the company policy. I don't believe he had the right to conduct "nicotine drug tests" and fire employees who might choose to indulge at home.
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How long would you be self employed, though, if the government started controlling more and more aspects of your business?
For the workers that were already there, I agree there should be some considerations made. At the very least since you are forcing them to quit, you should be obligated to help them, I suppose. And for the one that didn't even have company insurance, I don't understand that at all, except that it is hard to enforce a policy against one and not all. I'm sure this isn't the last we'll hear on this issue.
It's a great big clusterfuck, no doubt. Whose rights are more important? Whose rights does the government get to trample? Who gets to decide? I used to own my own computer sales and service business. It was growing and going quite well until I had to move and sold my share of the company to my partners. The last thing I wanted was Uncle Sugar sticking his nose into my business. If government intervenes too much in private affairs, how long until people quit wanting to take on the liability of owning a business?
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Re: What do YOU think?
« Reply #20 on: Feb 9th, 2005, 3:07am » |
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Re: What do YOU think?
« Reply #21 on: Feb 9th, 2005, 3:10am » |
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Luckily for me I never even started smoking in the first place! So I've never had to fight that addiction... But then again, I've kicked my candy and coca-cola light lemon addictions, so I bet I would be able to kick the smoking habit if I had it.
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Re: What do YOU think?
« Reply #22 on: Feb 9th, 2005, 8:40am » |
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on Feb 9th, 2005, 3:07am, AussieBrian wrote:| Did you know it's illegal for a man to marry his widow's sister? |
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Re: What do YOU think?
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I don't see the big difference between this and what has been going on for years with other drugs, especially marijuana. Just because tobacco has been legal for so long, it seems different, but fundamentally it's an interference with civil liberties. If it's ok to fire one person for smoking pot on Friday night, why not someone else smoking tobacco every night?
on Feb 8th, 2005, 8:04pm, Gator wrote:| I've never seen a butt ugly waitress. |
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Really???
In the end, I agree with Gator (well kinda), but I think we got to the same place from very different starting points. I think the government shouldn't have to make a rule about who you can and can't hire/fire. If a company discriminates we, as consumers, should have the common sense and decency to boycott their product/service. I know that this utopia-fantasy world will never exist, so we need to figure out where to draw the line... Patch up the big holes and let us sort out the rest. This is supposed to be a free country.
I guess if you want to waste your money drug testing that's ok by me.
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That doesn't account for drug users who would have been good employess. I know a couple of people that use shrooms that I don't think would be a liability. Smokers would drop the cost per positive drug test, but you'd be losing some good employees.
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Re: What do YOU think?
« Reply #24 on: Feb 9th, 2005, 9:08am » |
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You had me for a couple seconds there.
Along those lines. If your parents don't have any kids, you will not be allowed to either.
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