http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/01/24/michigan-health-care-company-fires-smokers/ Protect yourself from government gaffes, bureaucratic blunders and incumbent incompetence Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2005/01/24/michigan-health-care-company-fires-smokers/#comment-279 The news just keeps breaking - Homeland Security or Homeland Stupidity Mon, 02 Jan 2006 17:24:38 +0000 http://www.ioerror.us/2005/01/24/michigan-health-care-company-fires-smokers/#comment-279 [...] Way back in January, I told you about Weyco, the Michigan health-care company which told its employees to quit smoking or lose their jobs. 60 Minutes picked up the story (took ‘em long enough) and updates us on two of the people fired for smoking at that company. In most U.S. states, employers can fire employees without cause. (The flip side is that employees can also quit whenever they want without cause, or even notice.) [...] [...] Way back in January, I told you about Weyco, the Michigan health-care company which told its employees to quit smoking or lose their jobs. 60 Minutes picked up the story (took ‘em long enough) and updates us on two of the people fired for smoking at that company. In most U.S. states, employers can fire employees without cause. (The flip side is that employees can also quit whenever they want without cause, or even notice.) [...]

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