Tax Collector Won’t Hire Tobacco Users
I was speaking with my boss at lunch about a year or two ago and he told me that he does this too. Not for an insurance reason but productive ones. A question in every interview is, do you smoke? If they say yes or smell like smoke he will not hire them. He even said he has turned down at least one good qualified person because he smelled like a cigarette.
From www.nbcmiami.com
It’s getting harder and harder out there for a smoker.
Now, you can’t get a public job if you take a puff.
The Palm Beach Tax Collector’s Office announced Wednesday that it won’t consider anyone who regularly uses tobacco products for a job with the government agency. Now we’re not legal beagles around here, but that sounds a tad bit like blatant discrimination.
Just think, if such a policy was in place in Chicago, President Barack Obama would be on the unemployment line instead of campaigning for the Olympics.
Tax Collector Ann Gannon says it is a health insurance issue and she is trying to cut down on the costs associated with employing smokers.
Along with filling out that pesky criminal background check form, job applicants will also have to sign an affidavit saying that they are nonsmokers. No word if a tobacco drug screening will also be done.
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