New hiring policy: Prominent hospital will not hire smokers. What do you think?A prominent world-wide private hospital system has just inacted a new hiring policy where they have stated that they will not be hiring any new employees that use tobacco. They will test all new applicants using Cotinine test which will detect any and all tobacco in the applicant's body. Those who recieve a positive Cotinine test will not be offered employment, but can reapply after 90-days and will be referred to a free tobacco cessation program paid for by the clinic.
What do you think of this? Is it a form of discrimination? If this gains popularity, what will follow? People who are obese will be denied employment?
Note: Though the entire clinic health system (which includes over 15 hospitals, several family clinics, and countless surgery centers and doctor's offices) has always been smoke-free, in the past two years, the entire health system has gone smoke-free, which includes all of the ground the hospital owns. Those who smoke now do so off campus, off any hospital-owned property, which is often expansive.
Another Note: Upon more research, I have found that people who are obese are actually protected under the Americans with Disabilities Act, smoker's are not. (Obviously.)
infobrokernate
What message do smokers send in a healthcare agency?
As a healthcare worker, smokers take more breaks, are less effective, and more distracted than other workers.
AC1BD
it's nothing new, private hospitals have been doing it for years
billyandgaby
I think it is great. With all the laws cropping up saying that empoyers must provide health insurance, it was inevitable that empoyees would begin to insist that their employees be healthy. The rates will cut in half for the company if they have all non-smokers.
not to mention, that smokers take far more breaks and are proven to be less productive.
Regarding discrimination, of course it is, but so isn;t giving people drug tests, enforcing dress codes, and asking people to come in to work during the day when they are goth!!
brian
[What do you think of this?]
i think it's great, potentially expensive for them, but what do i care?
[Is it a form of discrimination? ]
it absolutely is. telling unlike things apart is discrimination.
[If this gains popularity, what will follow?]
anti-tobacco policies in other areas of work? fewer people smoking?
[People who are obese will be denied employment?]
there's no genetic link to smoking. obesity is a condition that is further out of the person's control than smoking.
flash
In a way it's a good policy for a hospital. But on the other hand if you're a heavy smoker what better place to work could you ask for...lol
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