Labor/Employment,
Insurance,
Health Care & Hospital Law
Nov. 9, 2018
The carrot and/or stick approach to workplace smoking programs
Can California employers encourage employees to quit smoking or penalize them if they don’t?
New York Times News Service
Smoking, or vaping, tobacco products on your own time away from your California workplace should have no bearing on your employment. Right? Indeed, some might equate it to winding down and drinking a glass of wine at home after a hard day's work. Similarly, employees may feel that their employer has no business knowing if they smoke or not, let alone use such information to change the benefits received in light of their work.
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