-Caveat Lector-
In a message dated 99-10-11 15:37:27 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>INTERESTING QUOTE: "...the Florida Supreme Court upheld the
>rule. The court said lower insurance costs outweighed the privacy issue."
>--------------------------------------
>
>Source: Palm Beach Post
>http://www.gopbi.com/partners/pbpost/epaper/editions/saturday/new
>s_2.html
>
>Boca may stub out smokers
>
>By Monika Gonzalez, Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
>Saturday, October 9, 1999
>
>BOCA RATON -- Marlboro men need not apply.
>
> The city is aiming to ban the hiring of smokers for all jobs, and new
>employees caught smoking on or off duty would be fired.
>
> The anti-smoking rule -- already in effect for about 700 city employees
>through union contracts for police, firefighters and blue-collar
>workers -- is expanded to all 1,100-odd employees in revamped
>personnel policies to be reviewed by city council members
If "lower insurance costs" is the bottom line, wouldn't it be as
cost-effective for employers to fire all employees who are over the age of
40, or in poor health?
More and more I suspect that the Yuppie mentality will bring back "eugenics"
...
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