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« Reply #30 on: January 27, 2005, 11:26:46 PM »
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Isnt there a federal law that requires employers to provide health insurance?


Nope.
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« Reply #31 on: January 28, 2005, 12:17:46 AM »
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Do they boot you out if you smoke off duty?

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honestly it depends on the duty!

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« Reply #32 on: January 28, 2005, 12:57:22 AM »
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This is a good business move by this guy. The workers he has left will be healthier, more productive, and will miss less workdays for health reasons.  


LOL I never used to call out sick when I was sick
Who woould want to waste a perfectly good paid sick day being sick?

Although I did call out when my "Bassitus" was acting up.
which is an affliction of the right shoulder and elbow and left wrist and hand

Only one cure for "Bassitus".
but fortunately it is treatable
you have to either sit in a a boat or stand on the shore of a lake and cast a fishing line into the water with bait or lure attached and reeling it in over and over and over again.

Sometimes it lasts ALL DAY.

Hell sometimes it would even last two whole days.

Oddly enough it never lasts longer then that.
A real strange coincidence I noticed is that also happened to be the amount of sick days you could take off in a row without needing a doctors note.

those were the only sick days I ever took.
Well those and sick of work days.

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« Reply #33 on: January 28, 2005, 01:16:22 AM »
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Originally posted by T0J0
1: Smokers
2: Overweight workers
3: Drinkers are next


Reminds me of a story years ago about some jackball that banned cotton clothing because it wrinkled too much. (It was a govt office building of some kind).

While I'm WAY TOO conditioned to control freaks (DoD, who'd a thunkit)... my contempt for them grows with every passing day.

I hope this guy gets a nice fat lawsuit thrown at him.
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« Reply #34 on: January 28, 2005, 08:22:21 AM »
If a company requires that you do any driving for them they usually require that you have a clean licence and you can be fired for too many citations that up their insurance or a drunk/reckless driving..

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« Reply #35 on: January 28, 2005, 09:16:02 AM »
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honestly it depends on the duty!


Really?  can you give me a MOS that precludes smoking off duty?

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« Reply #36 on: January 28, 2005, 10:43:22 AM »
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Really?  can you give me a MOS that precludes smoking off duty?

shamus


The guards at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier are not allowed to drink or smoke, on or off duty during the term they take the assignement.
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« Reply #37 on: January 29, 2005, 01:17:13 AM »
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The guards at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier are not allowed to drink or smoke, on or off duty during the term they take the assignement.



Don't know if it is mandatory now but back in the day Bravo4 It was highly suggested that you did not smoke as a smokers cough could give up your position.

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« Reply #38 on: January 29, 2005, 01:24:35 AM »
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The guards at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier are not allowed to drink or smoke, on or off duty during the term they take the assignement.


The difference being... they know it before hand and it's voluntary.  Naturally, the same "voluntary" applies to civilians who get hit with the control freak thing as boss decides to change the rules, but it's different, and it's wrong.
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« Reply #39 on: January 29, 2005, 01:44:39 AM »
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Wanna really save a company money?  Take the burden of offering health care benefits off of them


There is no burden imposed on them.


Military?? No comparison. You sign away most of your rights when you join. It's a contract thing.

On the job, no smoking rules are fine. Off the clock? The time is theirs. Smoking is not yet illegal.

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« Reply #40 on: January 29, 2005, 02:06:52 AM »
I could only think of the bravo 4s. Cause the cigerette butts could light the bull cheese on fire and kill everyone.

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« Reply #41 on: January 29, 2005, 09:21:23 AM »
why should the employer have to pay for your unhealthy habit? why should the non smoking co-workers be forced to pay more to cover the slacker smokers?

I think its a great idea

smoking is for the weak
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« Reply #42 on: January 29, 2005, 02:36:38 PM »
I'm curious as to why anyone thinks anyone besides the business owner has any rights?  

Even if they do, they won't in about 10 years.  Actually... the whole sexual harrasment thing is beyond stupid to... if I, as a male company owner, want to hire a female to work for my company.. I should have the right to **** her whenever and where ever I want.  I'm not MAKING her work for me after all... if she doesn't like it she can ****ing well quit.

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« Reply #43 on: January 29, 2005, 02:57:28 PM »
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I'm curious as to why anyone thinks anyone besides the business owner has any rights?  

Even if they do, they won't in about 10 years.  Actually... the whole sexual harrasment thing is beyond stupid to... if I, as a male company owner, want to hire a female to work for my company.. I should have the right to **** her whenever and where ever I want.  I'm not MAKING her work for me after all... if she doesn't like it she can ****ing well quit.

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You have got to be kidding?!
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« Reply #44 on: January 29, 2005, 03:19:29 PM »
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You have got to be kidding?!
Become a Muslim, your thinking fits in with them..

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LOL, I think he was being sarcastic. Sarcastically it was funny :)
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