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re: Colorado Supreme Court: workers can be fired for off-duty marijuana use
Posted on 6/15/15 at 12:14 pm to lsunurse
Posted on 6/15/15 at 12:14 pm to lsunurse
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I'm speaking for nurses though.
No offence to your job (nurses work harder than doctors), but I bet its not the same for doctors. Money buys you freedoms.
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Posted on 6/15/15 at 12:15 pm to Teddy Ruxpin
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Ya, this was a pretty common sense "no shite" decision to me but I've seen this discussed on here before as if it wasn't.
It's not a "no shite" decision if the pot is medically needed. Or should you also get fired for diabetes meds, pain meds, cholesterol meds etc when taken at home?
Posted on 6/15/15 at 12:16 pm to High C
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Employers should have say in their employees weed use.
Really? You're essentially saying employers should be able to fire employees for following the law.
Put another way, do you agree with firing employees for drinking off the clock, say on a Friday night, or Saturday tailgating?
Posted on 6/15/15 at 12:16 pm to NYNolaguy1
quote:If it's interfering with work then absolutely
Put another way, do you agree with firing employees for drinking off the clock, say on a Friday night, or Saturday tailgating?
Posted on 6/15/15 at 12:17 pm to Darth_Vader
Seems like a no-brainer.
Posted on 6/15/15 at 12:18 pm to Rig
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Put another way, do you agree with firing employees for drinking off the clock, say on a Friday night, or Saturday tailgating?
If it's interfering with work then absolutely
Obviously, but what if it's not interfering with work? If it's pot--you're fired. If it's pills or whiskey--no worries.
Posted on 6/15/15 at 12:20 pm to Sparkplug#1
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Sparkplug#1
Where do you work where your employees agree to stop drinking entirely? I mean are they AA rehabs or something? If an employer told me that was a condition of employment I would walkout immediately.
Posted on 6/15/15 at 12:21 pm to Rig
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If it's interfering with work then absolutely
And if it's not? Say you're tailgating Saturday and only have to go back to work Monday morning.
Posted on 6/15/15 at 12:31 pm to NYNolaguy1
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Where do you work where your employees agree to stop drinking entirely? I mean are they AA rehabs or something? If an employer told me that was a condition of employment I would walkout immediately.
If you read the whole thread, you will understand, unless you are on drugs.
Posted on 6/15/15 at 12:36 pm to High C
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by High C
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i fire my employees if they drink off duty, so i agree with this. I also fire them if they are prescribed scheduled drugs.
1/10.
You can't possibly have employees.
Am I the only one who picked up the satire here?
Posted on 6/15/15 at 12:42 pm to biglego
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It's not a "no shite" decision if the pot is medically needed. Or should you also get fired for diabetes meds, pain meds, cholesterol meds etc when taken at home?
The courts and employers know that most of these people don't "need" medical marijuana. It's almost as bullshite as the adderall prescriptions.
Posted on 6/15/15 at 12:46 pm to NYNolaguy1
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Really? You're essentially saying employers should be able to fire employees for following the law.
Twist things much. You're essentially saying that I would fire an employee for driving 55 in a posted 55 mph speed limit.
Posted on 6/15/15 at 12:47 pm to UpToPar
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The courts and employers know that most of these people don't "need" medical marijuana. It's almost as bullshite as the adderall prescriptions.
So they know better than the doctor prescribing/recommending?
Why do we have doctors at all?
Posted on 6/15/15 at 12:49 pm to urinetrouble
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Am I the only one who picked up the satire here?
Apparently.
I guess most of the OT are on drugs at work. I may reconsider my thoughts on the subject.
Posted on 6/15/15 at 12:52 pm to High C
You first said
Then I said
How is that twisting anything? If they are following the law, and it happens off the clock (not before work), what interest should an employer have?
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This is only fair. Employers should have say in their employees weed use. If you don't like it, get another job. Also, muscle spasms LOL
Then I said
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Really? You're essentially saying employers should be able to fire employees for following the law.
How is that twisting anything? If they are following the law, and it happens off the clock (not before work), what interest should an employer have?
Posted on 6/15/15 at 12:57 pm to Jcorye1
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I guess people can be fired for taking Lexapro or bi-polar medicine too?
Pot still isn't legal in the eyes of the federal government and isn't an FDA approved drug. And in a state like Colorado, getting a 'script for medicinal marijuana is a total joke.
Now, should pot be legal under federal law? Yea, I don't see why not. But employers have the right to name the conditions of employment. Hell, Anheuser-Busch employees can get fired if they are caught drinking a competitor's product in a bar where AB products are readily available.
Posted on 6/15/15 at 1:01 pm to NYNolaguy1
Because "following the law" is an extremely broad statement that you are applying to a situationally narrow topic.
Posted on 6/15/15 at 1:01 pm to NYNolaguy1
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So they know better than the doctor prescribing/recommending?
Why do we have doctors at all?
They can see through the bullshite just like most people can, but way to take that statement to its logical extreme.
Posted on 6/15/15 at 1:02 pm to NYNolaguy1
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Really? You're essentially saying employers should be able to fire employees for following the law
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How is that twisting anything?
That's a bit of a stretch. Hypothetically, you get drunk on a Sunday night, come into work hungover, drive a company vehicle, and rear-end someone while you're BAC is still .04-.06.
In this case you are still "following the law," but your employer has every right to fire you for operating a company vehicle with an intoxicant in your system.
If you don't like these terms, go work somewhere else. I don't see the big deal here.
Posted on 6/15/15 at 1:06 pm to logjamming
This thread is drunk and high.
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