Boss fires staff for not smoking!

[bookworm_020]

I wonder how the law deals with this, an unfair dismissal???:hmm:

http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/bos...554775007.html

[Ducimus]

Didn't i just see this on Fark.com? :rotfl:

[Skybird]

While he may can get away with hiring smokers only (not sure what the new fantastic EU-anti-discrimination-law has to say on it), I am sure that he will lose any possible aprés-ski at court for having fired non-smokers or not smoking. Not to be smoking is no legal reason to fire that person. and the company does not stand above the law, but has to obey it. the law says some things about where smoking is banned, and that there must be proetction of non-smokers from smokers, and so the company has to obey, period. It is not allowed to follow or ignore laws at it'S own will.

If the employees will have an easy life when returning, is somethign different. If I were them I would sue the company and try to get as much out of them as possible, and make it as painful for them as possible.

If I would have no legal protection insurrance that jumps in for the costs, than I would be screwed, of course.

[kiwi_2005]

hehe that must be a first. 'Power to the smokers'

[SUBMAN1]

He does have what could be termed an almost valid excuse, no? If they were being disruptive about his smoking, he may actually win this one.

-S

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

He does have what could be termed an almost valid excuse, no? If they were being disruptive about his smoking, he may actually win this one.

-S

No, not by german laws, as far as i am aware of them.

[Skybird]

German:
http://www.welt.de/politik/article15...liebhaber.html

It says that a bar owner in Schleswig holstein has founded a new religious community that practices smoking as a ritual like "inscence for Catholics". He wants to turn his bar into a church as well. He wants to give "church asylum" to smokers. the founding protocol has been sent to the federal state's government in Kiel. The church should be an alterntaive for people who have problöems with the stiff poractcicing asnd kneeling in other religions, instead smking and talk at beer and cigarettes are offered.

It is highly questionable that the request to be recognised as a corporate body of public law (Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts) will be successful. If it fails, the bar owner wants to call the European court for human rights.

[Kazuaki Shimazaki II]

Originally Posted by Skybird

German:
http://www.welt.de/politik/article15...liebhaber.html

It says that a bar owner in Schleswig holstein has founded a new religious community that practices smoking as a ritual like "inscence for Catholics". He wants to turn his bar into a church as well. He wants to give "church asylum" to smokers. the founding protocol has been sent to the federal state's government in Kiel. The church should be an alterntaive for people who have problöems with the stiff poractcicing asnd kneeling in other religions, instead smking and talk at beer and cigarettes are offered.

It is highly questionable that the request to be recognised as a corporate body of public law (Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts) will be successful. If it fails, the bar owner wants to call the European court for human rights.

You are right in that it'll be refused, but to be frank, worse concessions have been granted in the name of religion before. It'll arguably be somewhat hypocritical to refuse.