Fairfax County Could Require Stop-Smoking Classes for Employees
Such classes would be within the county's authority.
The Fairfax County Board of Supervisors could require county employees to enroll in stop-smoking classes, but requiring them to actually go cold turkey is against the law, according a recent memo from the County Attorney. Prior to the Board’s Personnel Committee meeting tomorrow, County Attorney David Bobzien informed Supervisors in a Dec. 7 memo that they could not legally require workers to “pass” any such course that would discourage tobacco use. Supervisor Gerry Hyland (D-Mount Vernon) brought the issue up before the Board in October and requested last week that county staff look into the legality of smoking restrictions on employees and county property. “The County may require its employees to participate in smoking cessation courses …
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Jim Daniels
1:53 pm on Tuesday, December 11, 2012
While I think tobacco should be outlawed altogether...as long as it isn't people can feel free to give themselves lung cancer if they want....so I don't think forcing adults to go to a class like this is going to help much. Addiction is a tough thing to break., However the notion that this somehow is trampling on liberty is poppycock. Employers are allowed to make any rule they want for their … more ›