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Anti Smoking: Gone Too
Far
By
Barbara
Woodcox |
The Michigan employer who fired employees because they smoke facilitates the erosion of the personal freedom of Americans.
This employer not only banned smoking in the
workplace, he fired people for smoking on their own
time!
It is frightening
when employers can control the behavior of their workers when they are off the clock. Controlling workers'
behavior on their own time is nothing short of slavery- the worker
is under the employer's control and is not getting paid for
it.
Employers do not own their workers
and they shouldn't be able to control them when they are off the
clock. If employers want to control their employees 24/7, then they
should have to pay for it. For example, an employee who makes $9
per hour and works 40 hours per week gets $360 per week. Employers
who want control 24/7 should have to pay the employee $1512 per week [(24 X 7) X $9=$1512].
This is not an issue about smoking. This is a
matter of personal freedom in general. What comes next? Will overweight
workers be given an ultimatum to lose weight or lose their
jobs?
It's a free country? Not
anymore!
