To Hell wid dat..... I got Free Healthcare and I'm dedicated to becoming a
burden on society for as long as I can.

I think I'll light up another smoke....

CM


"Capt. Neal®" wrote in message
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YES! It's about time they started getting tough with stupid
smokers who run up everybody's health bills and who pollute
everybody's air.
Company Fires All Employees Who Smoke

Michigan Firm Won't Allow Smoking, Even On Employee's Own Time
UPDATED: 8:20 AM EST January 25, 2005

LANSING, Mich. -- Four employees of a health care company have been fired
for refusing to take a test to determine whether they smoke cigarettes.
Weyco Inc., a health benefits administrator based in Okemos, Mich.,
adopted a policy Jan. 1 that allows employees to be fired if they smoke,
even if the smoking happens after business hours
or at home.

Company founder Howard Weyers has said the anti-smoking rule was designed
to shield the firm from high health care costs. "I don't want to pay for
the results of smoking," he said. The rule led one employee to quit
before the policy was adopted. Four others were fired when they balked at
the smoking test.
Chief Financial Officer Gary Climes estimated that 18 to 20 of the
company's 200 employers were smokers when the policy was announced in
2003. Of those, as many as 14 quit smoking before the policy went into
effect. The company offered them help to kick the habit.
"That is absolutely a victory," Climes said. On the company's Web site, it
states: Weyco Inc. is a non-smoking company that strongly supports its
employees in living healthy lifestyles.
The above is from: http://www.wral.com/news/4126577/detail.html

CN