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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

• Brody and Associates, LLC | Hold The Phone...Full-Time Attendance Is Not An Essential Function Of The Job! (April 10, 2019)

• Littler Mendelson, P.C. | Dear Littler: Can Employees be Exempt from Income Tax? (April 03, 2019)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | Fourth Circuit Reaffirms That Regular, Reliable Attendance Is Essential Function Of Most Jobs (April 01, 2019)

• Littler Mendelson, P.C. | Dear Littler: An employee was diagnosed with the measles. What do we do now? (April 08, 2019)

• Ogletree Deakins | I Hate My Boss: Sixth Circuit Shuts Down ADA Request for Less Stressful Boss (April 11, 2019)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | What Am I Doing Wrong?? Common FMLA Mistakes (April 11, 2019) (April 11, 2019)

• Brody and Associates, LLC | Can Your Employee Bring Her Dogs To Work? (April 16, 2019)

• Ogletree Deakins | Share and Share Alike: Sharing Essential Job Functions May Qualify as a Reasonable Accommodation (April 11, 2019)

• XpertHR | Pressing Questions on Reasonable Accommodations under the ADA and FMLA (April 17, 2019)

• Hirsch Roberts Weinstein LLP | DOL Issues Opinion Letters About Compensation for Volunteer Work and Expansion of FMLA Leave Entitlements (April 04, 2019)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | Massachusetts | Massachusetts Releases Paid Family and Medical Leave Employer Guide, Workplace Poster (March 28, 2019)

• Fisher Phillips | California | California Wage & Hour Update (No. 2, April 2019) (April 08, 2019)

• Brody and Associates, LLC | New York | Nice Boots, Nice Hair, and One Touch Makes For Sexual Harassment Under NYC Law (April 11, 2019)

• Ogletree Deakins | Arizona | New Arizona Garnishment Legislation Signed Into Law (April 09, 2019)

• Littler Mendelson, P.C. | New York | New York City Publishes Sexual Harassment Prevention Training Video and New FAQs (April 10, 2019)

• Littler Mendelson, P.C. | California | Employer Prevails In FCRA Class Action In California (April 16, 2019)

• Ogletree Deakins | California | California Bill Would Expand Definition of Race to Include Hairstyle (April 08, 2019)

• XpertHR | New York | New York Poised to Provide Employees With Three Hours of Paid Voting Leave (April 09, 2019)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | New York | New York Employees Get Up To Three Hours of Paid Time Off to Vote (April 04, 2019)

• Fisher Phillips | Kentucky | Kentucky Employers Face New Pregnancy Accommodation Law (April 10, 2019)

• Massachusetts | Gammella v. P.F. Chang’s China Bistro

• Indiana | Perkins v. Memorial Hosp. of South Bend, No. 18A-CT-1340 (Ind. Ct. App. Apr. 11, 2019).

• Fourth Circuit | Beller v. Wal-Mart Transp., LLC, No. 17-cv-530, 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 52887 (S.D. Ohio Mar. 28, 2019).

• Fourth Circuit | Hannah P. v. Coats, No. 17-1943 (4th Cir. Feb. 19, 2019)

• Ninth Circuit | Kamakeeaina v. Armstrong Produce, Ltd., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 50863 (9th Cir. March 22, 2019)

• Eleventh Circuit | Lewis v. Union City, No. 15-11362

• Supreme Court | Shaw v. Psychemedics Corp., Opinion No. 27869 (S.C. March 20, 2019)

• New York | Andryeyeva v. New York Health Care, Inc., No. 11, and Moreno v. Future Care Health Servs., Inc., No. 12, 2019 N.Y. LEXIS 617 (N.Y. Mar. 26, 2019)

• Fifth Circuit | Parrish, et al. v. Premier Directional Drilling, L.P., No. 17-51089 (February 28, 2019)

• Second Circuit | Fox v. Costco Wholesale Corporation