Nicotine Test as Job Requirement

[kcchiefs6465]

It is more likely that it comes down to $$$ and insurance rates being cheaper if they employ no smokers.

This is true for many jobs. The job I was applying for however had no insurance benefits.

 

[chudrockz]

My employer doesn't prohibit smoking. However, we have a yearly re-up on health insurance. As part of that process, you can voluntarily take a health screening. Basically, they test for risk factors, and for each test that you "pass," you get credits to use against your health insurance deductible. One of the risk factors is smoking, so they do test for nicotine, and a negative test is passing.

It's interesting and maybe just a bit troubling, but as my wife and I quit smoking about six years ago, no longer an issue for us. Now weight, on the other hand... <g>

 

[specsaregood]

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[Working Poor]

Find someone else to work for...

 

[donnay]

It is more likely that it comes down to $$$ and insurance rates being cheaper if they employ no smokers.

Which is kind of ironic because most smokers I know are healthier than some of the non-smokers I know. That's why healthcare should not be dictated by the federal government. I do not think employers should have to pay for employees benefits.

 

[mczerone]

It is thier right to do so.

It is also our right to publicize this discriminatory behavior and put pressure on them to change thier policies.

I would like to see more effort being given to these non-political, non-legal-system efforts to promote freedom. It'd be an organization that sets out its own constitution and works to (peacefully and voluntarily) spread its ideas of individual soviergnty.

Or we can continue to pontificate about the nature of rights in online forums.

 

[XTreat]

Non smokers are cheaper to insure AND multiple double blind studies have shown that non-smokers are more productive than smokers. Yes you may only smoke at home but it still affects your immune system and ability to recover from illness that may affect your time on the job.

At the end of the day you have the right to smoke, but the employer has the right to ASK you you do anything as a contract for employment, you have the right to refuse and he has the right to refuse to employ you.

 

[Sam I am]

Recently when going through an interview process at a nearby temporary agency they asked if I was a smoker. When I told her I smoke cigarettes she said she needed a non-smoker. I told her it was not a problem as I do not need a smoke break and would refrain from smoking on work property. She told me that they did a nicotine test where they swab the inside of your cheek and it will react with nicotine. Seeing how tobacco is legal I was wondering some peoples' thoughts on the subject.. particularly on the employer's right to perform a nicotine test/not hire tobacco users.

I know this is a Cliche thing to say, but...

Do you really want a job where someone somewhere in Administration decides that they just don't want to hire people who smoke?

 

[ClydeCoulter]

Maybe, just maybe it is their (employers) loss:
http://www.sott.net/articles/show/2...improves-motor-abilities-attention-and-memory

 

[driller80545]

Next it will be a weight thing, and then a genetic tendency thing. Don't work for them.

 

[DerailingDaTrain]

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[onlyrp]

While I love to discriminate against smokers, I am surprised it's legal. Especially if it's on the hiring process. I understand for health care purposes, the provider has a right to know the details of your health and habits, but I never heard of jobs that prefer non-smokers.

 

[otherone]

First they came for the pot smokers, and I did nothing because I did not smoke pot...

FIFY

 

[onlyrp]

FIFY

LMAO

 

[Danke]

While I love to discriminate against smokers, I am surprised it's legal. Especially if it's on the hiring process. I understand for health care purposes, the provider has a right to know the details of your health and habits, but I never heard of jobs that prefer non-smokers.

Once diagnosed, smoker soon die. So they pay a lot of taxes while alive, then quickly die. A plus plus.

 

[idiom]

Smoking reflects a lack of self-discipline and and a poor decision making process. Not valuable character traits in an employee.

 

[onlyrp]

Smoking reflects a lack of self-discipline and and a poor decision making process. Not valuable character traits in an employee.

what reflects good self discipline?

 

[Danke]

what reflects good self discipline?

Not reporting your posts?

 

[thoughtomator]

I wonder how long before they test for lazy genes?

 

[idiom]