01-26-2005, 02:21 PM
DeeBye,Jan 25 2005, 09:51 PM Wrote:http://www.wral.com/news/4126577/detail.html
Granted, employees of a health benefits company should know better. Let's all agree that smoking is really, really bad for you. Now that that's out of the way, how can a company fire someone for doing something completely legal, on their own time?
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I believe that these kind of firings fall under "at will" employment. They can specify terms of employment that an employee agrees to prior to hiring. Failure to comply means termination of the contract.
Though it will remain to be seen if it will be upheld or not. :)