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A Japanese Company Is Giving Nonsmokers Longer Vacations (fastcompany.com)
An anonymous reader shares a report: Marketing firm Piala introduced the new policy in September after nonsmokers complained that they were working more than their colleagues who smoked. The company's offices are reportedly on the 29th floor, meaning that popping out for a smoke break meant a solid 15 minutes away from work. Multiply that by several smoke breaks a day, and the hours start to add up, which began to tick off nonsmoking coworkers. A spokesman for the company told The Telegraph that one of those nonsmokers slipped a note in the company's suggestion box and the CEO agreed. Now nonsmokers are entitled to more vacation time, which the company hopes will encourage smokers to quit their filthy habit.
If this idea offends you
LOL, charging smokers more for health/life insurance has been SOP in the industry for decades, and this guy's getting all aggro over his misconception of it.
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Not actually the case.
Smokers die young. Their lifetime healthcare costs are _lower_. Sense health care after age 65 is highly subsidised, we want _more_ smokers.
Not actually the case.
Yes it is.
Are non-smokers going to have to pay for smokers' healthcare too
Not where I work. We don't hire smokers. We ask about tobacco use at the very beginning of the interview process, and reject all users.
This is perfectly legal. Smokers have no rights.
You indicate later in your post that you are in California. What you are doing is not legal.
In most states smokers are protected against hiring discrimination. In particular, the majority of states cannot discriminate against you based on legal activity conducted outside of work hours. However, smokers may be required to pay more for health insurance. Or in some states, they may be denied employment if their smoking is incompatible with the job requirements (e.g., the American Lung Association may be able to decline to employ a smoker.)
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I'm no fan of smoking or smokers, but smokers do indeed have rights.
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Lazy people exist everywhere. And often managers notice. But only smokers are across the board taking many more breaks than everyone else.
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Was it just the casinos or everywhere? Many states like my own Florida have laws where there is only no smoking in restaurants, or bar/restaurants where the the percentage of food sales goes over a certain ratio. So yes in Florida you will find smoky casinos, bars, and even some bars that serve food. You also will find bars that do not allow smoking by management discretion.
As you might expect (if not being too cynical), Nevada (like most states) has similar Clean-air laws...
FWIW, some states (like Colorado) have gone further to protect the workers in Bars Restaurants and Casinos and prohibited smoking there as well (although there is a loophole in the law for establishments that sell more than $50K/year in tobacco allowing them to be considered cigar bars where smoking is allowed). Unfortunately, this doesn't apply to Casinos owned by Indian interests as they are considered part of tribes and are sovereign entities which for better or worse are allowed to make their own laws.
The only issue here is fairness. If one group gets to take hours a year extra time off to smoke, non smokers should be able to have the same hours available to them.
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