In five pages this report considers whether or not an employer has the right to demand an employee quit smoking at home and in the workplace with the absurdity of this demand emphasized. Three sources are cited in the bibliography.
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whether they consume alcohol, whether they are married or single, the employer cannot dictate that an employee not smoke tobacco in the privacy of his or her own home. It
can even be compared to making some sort of requirement that an employee not watch videos on television, cheer for a team that is not sponsored by the company, or
drink tea rather than coffee. When one considers it in such a context, the issue is clearly absurd. Bibliography lists 3 sources. BWempsmo.rtf
Does an Employer Have the Right to Demand that an Employee Quit Smoking? By: C.B. Rodgers - November 2001 --
for more information on using this paper properly! Introduction The question of the "rights" of an employer to demand that an employee quit smoking, both at the workplace
and at the employees home is just one of the reasons smokers have become so outraged at the abuses heaped on them by non-smokers. Of course the employer does not
have any such "right"! Just as an employer does not have the right to determine what religious practices an employee follows, whether they consume alcohol, whether they are married
or single, the employer cannot dictate that an employee not smoke tobacco in the privacy of his or her own home. It can even be compared to making some sort
of requirement that an employee not watch videos on television, cheer for a team that is not sponsored by the company, or drink tea rather than coffee. When one considers
it in such a context, the issue is clearly absurd. The employer may strongly encourage the employee to quit smoking and even offer financial inducements to do so, provide smoking