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Smoke free Workplace: Workplace Wellness

Adopting a Smoke-free Workplace

Tobacco-free workplaces can enhance productivity in two ways: by reducing the effects of secondhand smoke (SHS) on nonsmokers and by reducing excess smoking-related absenteeism among smokers who are motivated to quit as a result of the tobacco-free policy.

Action Steps:
 
1.  Assess the current situation so you know where your company stands
     
2.  Support for Employees that Smoke
   
3.  Decide on a new policy and develop a plan to implement it

4.  Make the Transition Smooth and the Policy Work
   
5.  Announce and Manage the Policy

6.  Sample Smoke free Workplace Policy

• Ogletree Deakins | Acosta Plans to Rescue Overtime Rule with Information Request (June 08, 2017)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | Is Crying at Work Sufficient Notice of an FMLA Covered Condition? (June 04, 2017)

• Fisher Phillips | Bills Introduced To Increase FLSA Minimum Wage (June 01, 2017)

• Fisher Phillips | Labor Board Finds Employer Guilty Of “Textual Harassment” (June 14, 2017)

• Franczek Radelet P.C | Do I have to pay employees to run a 5K? [Wage & Hour FAQ] (June 07, 2017)

• Nexsen Pruet | Too Confidential? (June 01, 2017)

• XpertHR | First-of-Its-Kind Medical Marijuana Ruling Finds Employer Acted Illegally (June 01, 2017)

• XpertHR | IRS Says Employer's Parking Benefits Are Taxable to Employees (June 01, 2017)

• Fisher Phillips | "Mark Of The Beast" Workplace Concerns Lead To Half-Million Dollar Verdict (June 15, 2017)

• Littler Mendelson, P.C. | Dear Littler: Do I Really Have to Let an Employee Bring an “Emotional Support Pig” to Work? (June 18, 2017)

• Fisher Phillips | California | California Employers Will Soon See New Workplace Regulations Take Effect (June 12, 2017)

• Ogletree Deakins | Arizona | Arizona’s Paid Sick Leave Law, Part I: Accrual and Usage Issues (June 12, 2017)

• Littler Mendelson, P.C. | Illinois | Cook County, Illinois Publishes Final Rules for Sick Leave Ordinance: Employers, Are You Ready? (June 08, 2017)

• Littler Mendelson, P.C. | New York | New York City Enacts Laws Limiting Employers' Flexibility To Staff Employees (June 04, 2017)

• Ogletree Deakins | Rhode Island | Positive No More: Rhode Island Employers Need to Think Twice Before Denying Employment Based on a Positive Drug Test (June 20, 2017)

• Fisher Phillips | California | Hot List – What’s Happening in the California Legislature 6/26-6/30 (June 25, 2017)

• Ogletree Deakins | Illinois | Get Ready: An Update on the Cook County and Chicago Paid Sick Leave Laws (June 02, 2017)

• Ogletree Deakins | Oregon | Another Potential Landmine for Employers: Oregon Pay Equity Bill Signed by the Governor (June 02, 2017)

• Fisher Phillips | Florida | In The Weeds: Florida Lawmakers Provide Medical Marijuana Guidance For The Workplace (June 26, 2017)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | Oregon | Oregon Enacts Expansive Pay Equity Law (June 15, 2017)

• Pennsylvania | Protz v. Workers’ Compensation Appeal Bd. (Derry Area School District)

• Fourth Circuit | EEOC v. Consol Energy

• Ninth Circuit | Hawaii v. Trump

• Louisiana | Collins v. State of Louisiana, Through Dept of Nat. Res., No. 2016 CA 1195 ( April 28, 2017)

• Ninth Circuit | Scott v. Harrah’s LLC, No. 2:17-cv-01066-APG-VCF (D. Nev. May 9, 2017)

• First Circuit | Buntin v. City of Boston

• First Circuit | Oliveira v. New Prime, Inc., No. 15-2364

• Supreme Court | Advocate Health Care Network v. Stapleton

• Seventh Circuit | Whitaker v. Kenosha Unified School District No. 1 Board of Education, et al

• Sixth Circuit | NLRB v. Alternative Entertainment, Inc.