02-03-2005, 05:35 PM
DeeBye,Jan 26 2005, 05:30 AM Wrote:Have you seen Gattaca?
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I think that if there is going to be a lawsuit, for it to stand, there would have had to be some advanced warning of what was going to happen, and if the company had some sort of program in place to help the employees stop smoking.
However, there is another thing that could be taken into account for the company's defense. The guards for the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington Cemetery (Washington DC), are forbidden to have ever smoked, or even drink alcohol (before they became guards, or even for the rest of thier lives). There are a few other requirements/rules that they have to live by that made me think "There's no way in heck anyone I know would want to do that..."
But as for the company firing people because they smoked, there's got to be another reason behind it.
Would be interesting to hear about what happens with this one....
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