U.S Quit smoking or quit your job

[TripsterC]

Quit smoking or quit your job:
American company Weyco went smoke-free in January but has taken the rules much further. They have started random nicotine testing of its staff, if anyone tests positive, their employment will be terminated.

Here`s the video link

http://ninemsn.video.msn.com/video/...p://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=37656

 

[anhalonium9]

yeah, this is the land of the free, huh.

 

[phase_dancer]

I'm waiting for the day when workers are tested for high levels of caffeine. Lets see health and safety really win over productivity as it rightfully should...yeah!! [Who am I kidding ?]

There are countless examples throughout the workplace where a shaky hand or being too quick off the mark can have disastrous consequences. Let's face it, nobody wants a surgeon at the end of a long shift, but particularly one boosted with frequent cups of coffee.

So if they are to ban and restrict substances which threaten the wellbeing of other workers or reduce expected production quota, then shouldn't an absolute policy be applied to all substances which potentially affect performance, concentration or reflex responses?

And if we are serious about ensuring safety, then the importance of "normal living with no deviations" must be universally applied. Anyone who doesn't sleep well, has a family issue, is grieving, has mortgage problems.....etc, is also at risk of injuring another, or reducing production through inefficiency, inability to focus etc.

Where the fuck does it end?. When you are self employed

 

[Nice Tits]

My dad always used to say that he refused to let any of his employees use any kind of heavy machinery after an 8 hour shift because they were a number of studies that suggested a person is more "inebriated" after an 8 hour shift than with a BAC of.05. How does this apply to doctors and the like????

Sorry i have no sources to back up my claim here - but my father is not usually wrong about such things.

Nice Tits

 

[sixthseal.com]

^^
My sister is a doctor in New Zealand. She's a House Surgeon at a hospital, whatever that means. They work on shifts, I remember her saying that she's on some band which works about 55 - 60 hours a week. They're also on call though, so it could go up to 70 hours a week.
That's about 10 hours a day, which isn't bad, but she gets only a couple of days off each year. I know she got into an accident in med school during her acutes, where they had to stay awake for 24 hours or so...
It doesn't leave much time for recreation...