What is the name of your state?oregon
I started to work for a large corporate hospital that i wont name 8 years ago...they started out closing the indoor smoking area and i fully agreed! They now only have 3 smoking areas i fully agree! We have now been informed that on smoking sessation day 2006 that all smoking areas will be closed and no one can smoke on the property at all...i agree! I am a smoker but a polite one...here is where the problem lies...the hospital is building a new hospital where the private drive is a mile long soooo there is no way for any smoker to go somewhere to smoke in the time alloted for thier breaks or lunch....im smart enough to know that my addiction will not let me go 9 hours without a smoke and all their reply was well we will help you get the patches to quit....im not into a job making me quit a legal habit....if i cant go 9 hours with out a smoke then i will have no choice but to smoke on thier property cuz there is no allternative...if patients do it they will just be told to put it out...if an employee does it we will get written up for not following hospital policies....if i had known this 8 years ago i would have never worked for them but now i am vested and have lots of money to loose if i get fired for being a smoker...not that it matters but i cater there also and we cater alcohol to some of the functions....isnt it unfair for a hospital to say you cant smoke but we can drink even though there is not a o.l.c.c. liscensed person serving and it is done at a drug and alcohol free hospital lol...really im just scared of loosing my job cuz i know enough about my addiction to say they are setting me and others up to getting fired for not "following hospital procedure" can they force you to quit? Can they not allow me to smoke in my car that is parked in a paid for parking spot?? Please let me know anything you can..turbowray
I started to work for a large corporate hospital that i wont name 8 years ago...they started out closing the indoor smoking area and i fully agreed! They now only have 3 smoking areas i fully agree! We have now been informed that on smoking sessation day 2006 that all smoking areas will be closed and no one can smoke on the property at all...i agree! I am a smoker but a polite one...here is where the problem lies...the hospital is building a new hospital where the private drive is a mile long soooo there is no way for any smoker to go somewhere to smoke in the time alloted for thier breaks or lunch....im smart enough to know that my addiction will not let me go 9 hours without a smoke and all their reply was well we will help you get the patches to quit....im not into a job making me quit a legal habit....if i cant go 9 hours with out a smoke then i will have no choice but to smoke on thier property cuz there is no allternative...if patients do it they will just be told to put it out...if an employee does it we will get written up for not following hospital policies....if i had known this 8 years ago i would have never worked for them but now i am vested and have lots of money to loose if i get fired for being a smoker...not that it matters but i cater there also and we cater alcohol to some of the functions....isnt it unfair for a hospital to say you cant smoke but we can drink even though there is not a o.l.c.c. liscensed person serving and it is done at a drug and alcohol free hospital lol...really im just scared of loosing my job cuz i know enough about my addiction to say they are setting me and others up to getting fired for not "following hospital procedure" can they force you to quit? Can they not allow me to smoke in my car that is parked in a paid for parking spot?? Please let me know anything you can..turbowray