Quit smoking or quit your job, company says

[Shoedogg]

Overweight workers could be next

CHICAGO, Illinois (Reuters) -- The owner of a Michigan company who forced his employees to either quit smoking or quit their jobs said on Wednesday he also wants to tell fat workers to lose weight or else.

A ban on tobacco use -- whether at home or at the workplace -- led four employees to quit their jobs last week at Okemos, Michigan-based Weyco Inc., which handles insurance claims.

The workers refused to take a mandatory urine test demanded of Weyco's 200 employees by founder and sole owner Howard Weyers, a demand that he said was perfectly legal.

"If you don't want to take the test, you can leave," Weyers told Reuters. "I'm not controlling their lives; they have a choice whether they want to work here."

Next on the firing line: overweight workers.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/26/smoking.reut/index.html

---Am I the only person this bothers? I just cannot get over this.

[MemphisTiger]

1. He must be alot of fun to work for...

:think:

[rocktivity]

2. Where will be draw the line? Caffiene? Sugar? Alcohol?

And if these things are so unhealthy, shouldn't be also be lobby to have them taken off the market?

:headbang:
rocknation

[Rex_Goodheart]

3. I agree with the move.

Mr. Weyers is entitled to control his employee health care costs.

[SheepyMcSheepster]

4. next they will be checking your family history

for any medical conditions you may end up with.

[Moderator]

5. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1179950