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Smoke free Workplace: Workplace Wellness

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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 | New Enforcement Guidance on “No-Fault” Attendance Policies and FMLA Leave (September 10, 2018)

• Franczek Radelet P.C | BREAKING: Get Your New FMLA Forms from the DOL Here! (September 05, 2018)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | NLRB Invalidates Voluntary Severance Agreements, Orders Reinstatement and Full Back Pay (September 09, 2018)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | New Version of Model FCRA Summary of Rights Released; And You Have One Week to Comply (September 16, 2018)

• XpertHR | Drug Test Should Not Have Disqualified Medical Marijuana User, Federal Court Rules (September 12, 2018)

• FordHarrison LLP | Service Animals and the ADA - Part IV (September 19, 2018)

• Phelps Dunbar LLP | EEOC Takes Aggressive Stance on Employee Drug Testing Amid Prescription Drug Abuse Epidemic (September 12, 2018)

• FordHarrison LLP | Pregnant Woman Fired by Text Message: "Sorry . . . But It's Not Going to Work Out" (September 06, 2018)

• Littler Mendelson, P.C. | DOL Issues Updated FMLA Forms (September 06, 2018)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | In Private Letter Ruling, IRS Approves 401(k) Student Loan Repayment Benefit (September 05, 2018)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | Michigan | Michigan Passes Paid Sick Leave Law (September 17, 2018)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | Maryland | Maryland Employers, Are You Ready? New Sexual Harassment Law Takes Effect October 1 (September 12, 2018)

• Ogletree Deakins | New Jersey | New Jersey Paid Sick Leave Law -- Proposed Regulations Issued (September 18, 2018)

• Ogletree Deakins | Michigan | Paid Leave: Coming to a Michigan Workplace Near You (September 09, 2018)

• Littler Mendelson, P.C. | Michigan | From Ballots to Bills: Michigan Adopts Paid Sick and Safe Time Law and Raises the Minimum Wage (September 11, 2018)

• Ogletree Deakins | Illinois | Illinois Employers Face New Expense Reimbursement Requirements (September 18, 2018)

• Littler Mendelson, P.C. | California | California Countdown 2018: Which Labor and Employment Bills Will the Governor Sign? (September 05, 2018)

• Littler Mendelson, P.C. | New York | Significant Compliance Challenges in New York State's Proposed Anti-Sex Harassment Rules: What Can Employers Do Now? (September 07, 2018)

• Fisher Phillips | New York | State Appeals Court Expands Scope Of NYC’s Marital Status Discrimination Law (September 12, 2018)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | New York | Reminder: New York City Employers Must Distribute Fact Sheet, Post Notice on Sexual Harassment Law by Sept. 6 (September 06, 2018)

• Second Circuit | Noffsinger v. SSC Niantic Operating Co., LLC, d/b/a Bride Brook Nursing & Rehab. Ctr., No. 3:16-cv-01938, 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 150453 (D. Conn. Sept. 5, 2018)

• Eighth Circuit | Eggers v. Wells Fargo Bank NA, No. 16-4376 (August 13, 2018)

• Seventh Circuit | Smith v. Rosebud Farm, Inc., No. 17-2626, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 21481 (7th Cir. Aug. 2, 2018)

• Sixth Circuit | Gaffers v. Kelly Services, 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 22613 (6th Cir. Aug. 15, 2018)

• Nevada | Shores v. Global Experience Specialists, Inc., 134 Nev. Adv. Op. 61 (Aug. 2, 2018)

• Ninth Circuit | Dutta v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

• Tenth Circuit | Lincoln v. BNSF Railway Company, Inc.

• Third Circuit | Cotto v. Ardagh Glass Packing, Inc., 2018 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 135194 (D.N.J. Aug. 10, 2018)

• Ninth Circuit | Golden v. California Emergency Physicians Med. Grp., No. 16-17354 (9th Cir. July 24, 2018)

• Third Circuit | Sessoms v. Trs. Of the Univ. of Pa., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 16611 (3rd Cir. June 20, 2018)