Reply #59: There's an insurance company in Michigan

[ikojo]

owned by an individual. This guy drug tests employees for NICOTINE, a LEGAL product. He told the employees they had to quit smoking. If an employee is caught smoking he/she can be fired.

This is what happens when unions have no power.

http://www.workrights.org/in_the_news/in_the_news_nytimes2-08-05.html

Company's Smoking Ban Means Off-Hours, Too


By JEREMY W. PETERS (NYT) 1190 words
Published: February 8, 2005

Warning: Cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your job.

That is what employees at Weyco, an insurance benefits administrator in this small central Michigan town, found out.

Under a new policy that legal specialists say is the first of its kind, Weyco began testing its 200 employees for smoking in January. And the company put workers on alert: In the future, they will be subject to random testing. If they fail, they will be fired.