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re: U-Haul publicly announces hiring discrimination against nicotine users
Posted on 1/2/20 at 7:44 am to Indefatigable
Posted on 1/2/20 at 7:44 am to Indefatigable
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Their company, their rules.
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Posted on 1/2/20 at 7:44 am to Rouge
Smokers are less productive, they’re trashy, they’re more likely to have health issues, they smell bad, and they ruin the vehicles they drive. I approve of this. frick smokers. U Haul is probably pissed all their vehicles are ruined by smokers
Posted on 1/2/20 at 7:44 am to foj1981
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foj1981
there is a substantial difference between a policy that states that one cannot smoke on the job and a policy that states that one cannot smoke at all....... None. The policy even goes as far as to state that if a person is trying to quit smoking and is using nicotine patches, they are not eligible for employment
Posted on 1/2/20 at 7:45 am to Rouge
They have no grounds for a lawsuit. Sucks to be a smoker
Posted on 1/2/20 at 7:46 am to Rouge
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I don't see how a company can ban the use of a federally legal product. That seems like textbook discrimination.
Because it's a private company and smokers aren't a protected class.
Posted on 1/2/20 at 7:46 am to Rouge
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there is a substantial difference between a policy that states that one cannot smoke on the job and a policy that states that one cannot smoke at all....... None. The policy even goes as far as to state that if a person is trying to quit smoking and is using nicotine patches, they are not eligible for employment
How are they going to know this though if the information isn't volunteered by the prospective employee?
Posted on 1/2/20 at 7:47 am to LSUBoo
Boo, the article states that employees are going to be subject to random nicotine screenings.
Posted on 1/2/20 at 7:47 am to Rouge
Well, that sucks for those employees.
Posted on 1/2/20 at 7:48 am to iAmBatman
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Sucks to be a smoker
It sucks to be around a smoker.
Posted on 1/2/20 at 7:48 am to LSUBoo
Hope your job doesn't ever ban the drinking of brown liquor
Posted on 1/2/20 at 7:52 am to Rouge
quote:Almost every job bans the use of alcohol or being intoxicated while at work.
Hope your job doesn't ever ban the drinking of brown liquor
Posted on 1/2/20 at 7:52 am to Rouge
Good
Smoking is trashy
Smoking is trashy
Posted on 1/2/20 at 7:55 am to Rouge
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Boo, the article states that employees are going to be subject to random nicotine screenings.
And? Your employer could ban employees eating chicken if he wanted to.
Zero lawsuit. Employment agreements are voluntary. Don’t like it? Don’t work there. Period.
Posted on 1/2/20 at 7:56 am to Rouge
The year is 2020 and people are still clinging to their cancer sticks.
Posted on 1/2/20 at 7:57 am to Scruffy
So if I understand this correctly, someone could smoke at home but if they could somehow not smoke or otherwise use nicotine at work they would be fine here?
Or does this policy state no home use too?
Or does this policy state no home use too?
Posted on 1/2/20 at 7:57 am to Scruffy
don't be obtuse, scruffy. The entire point of this article is that an employer is banning the use of a legal substance even while the employee is not at work.
You also know that medical professionals are pretty high up there on the unhealthy scale.
You also know that medical professionals are pretty high up there on the unhealthy scale.
Posted on 1/2/20 at 7:58 am to Horsemeat
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The year is 2020 and people are still clinging to their cancer sticks.
You're being intentionally short sighted if you think cigarettes are the only source for nicotine.
Depending on their testing threshold It could be possible to have a cigar on Friday night and lose your job on Monday morning.
Posted on 1/2/20 at 7:59 am to Rouge
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The entire point of this article is that an employer is banning the use of a legal substance even while the employee is not at work.
Which is not an issue legally speaking, as many in this thread have said.
Discrimination by private citizens/enterprises is only illegal if the basis is one identified by SCOTUS (ie race, gender, nationality, and religion).
Why does OP hate the freedom of consenting adults to enter into a contract?
This post was edited on 1/2/20 at 8:01 am
Posted on 1/2/20 at 7:59 am to Rouge
I used to get randomly drug and breathalyzer tests all the time. Glad I never showed up tipsy.
Posted on 1/2/20 at 7:59 am to Rouge
Good. Other companies should follow suit.
Smoking is trashy, expensive, and extremely unhealthy.
Smoking is trashy, expensive, and extremely unhealthy.
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