According to
a latest statement by Fairfax County Attorney David Bobzien, Fairfax can
lawfully force its employees to register for smoking cessation classes.
The people
functioning as “Fairfax County Board of Supervisors”, were looking for an
answer to whether they were capable of persuading county employees to quit
smoking.
The Board of
supervisors were also keen to know if to reduce the country’s increasing
healthcare expenditure, they could decline to hire a person addicted to
smoking.
According to
David Bobzien, the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors can’t reject to employ
someone on the basis that the person is addicted to smoking. He states that it
is directly prevented by state law. David Bobzien adds that the county may
force its employees to opt for quit smoking classes just like it may need its
workers to get training on other subjects. But it can’t force them to pass the
classes and stop smoking.
David
Bobzien reveals that the state law of Fairfax County
prohibits the County Board from forbidding smoking on county property and also restrains
it from controlling the dangerous behaviour of employees.
Source: http://washingtonexaminer.com/, dated 8th December 2012
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