Whirlpool suspends 39 workers, says they lied about smoking | |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 381149 United States 04/23/2008 02:36 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Everyones brainwashed. Smoking moderately is good for you. I loosens up the flem in your lungs so you can cough out the radioactive dust particles from all the nuke bomb tests of the 40s-70s. Thats why they blame smoking. To have a fall guy for the lung cancers. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 381149 United States 04/23/2008 02:38 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Everyones brainwashed. Smoking moderately is good for you. I loosens up the flem in your lungs so you can cough out the radioactive dust particles from all the nuke bomb tests of the 40s-70s. Thats why they blame smoking. To have a fall guy for the lung cancers. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 381149I should add that the 1000 chemicals in cigs can cause cancer too. But normal chem free tobacco is what I'm talking about above.. |
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Nailer45 User ID: 421588 United States 04/23/2008 09:30 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Whats next , they make it mandatory you take "Beano" so you dont fart and destroy the ozone? Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny. Thomas Jefferson |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 336381 United States 04/23/2008 09:38 AM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I hope those 39 workers see this: Investigation Concerning Termination of Smokers And/Or Charging Smokers Higher Healthcare or Disability Premiums In 30 states and the District of Columbia, state law makes it illegal for companies to impose smoking bans on their employees when they are off duty. In addition, the federal employee benefits law, ERISA, prevents employers from discriminating against and/or firing employees, here smokers, to interfere with the attainment of any right under a benefit plan, here the right to health benefits. Recently, a number of companies, including Weyco and The Scotts Company, have instituted policies to terminate smokers, even if those persons do not smoke at work. The reason cited by companies such as Weyco and Scotts, for adoption of these policies is increased healthcare costs. Click here for more examples. Both liberal and conservative civil liberties groups have denounced these policies as an improper invasion of employee’s rights to conduct activities on their off hours. (For more information, click here) There is also a trend toward charging smokers more for health insurance. A growing number of employers are requiring employees who use tobacco to pay higher premiums, hoping that will motivate more of them to stop smoking and lower healthcare costs. Among the list of firms reported to have such policies to charge smokers higher premiums include Cardinal Health, J.P. Morgan Chase, Meijer Inc., Gannett Co., American Financial Group Inc., PepsiCo Inc. and Northwest Airlines. Such policies may also violate the federal employee benefits law, ERISA. Cohen Milstein is currently conducting an investigation as to whether such policies violate ERISA and/or state law. If a violation can be proven, reinstatement as an employee, and reinstatement in the plan or reimbursement of premiums (including back benefits) may be available as equitable relief under ERISA (although the scope of available relief under ERISA remains controversial). If are a current or former employee of a company with such a policy and fall into one of the following categories, please contact one of the persons listed at the bottom of this page: 1. A smoker currently employed at a company which imposes higher healthcare premiums on smokers than non-smokers; 2. A smoker currently employed at a company which terminates persons who smoke; or; 3. A smoker terminated by a company as a result of a no-smoking policy. For more information, contact: R. Joseph Barton, Esq. [email protected] Abby Scott [email protected] Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, P.L.L.C. 1100 New York Avenue, N.W., Suite 500 Washington, D.C. 20005 Telephone: 888-240-0775 or 202-408-4600 [link to www.cmht.com] |