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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 | Does Asking About Employee’s Alcohol Use Violate the ADA? (August 04, 2019)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | Employer’s Good Deed Goes Unpunished—Reliable Attendance Is Essential Function Despite Prior Accommodation of Employee’s Absences (July 31, 2019)

• Fisher Phillips | Labor Department Confirms That Certain School Meetings Are FMLA-Protected (August 08, 2019)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | Employer’s Additional Notice Requirement for Requesting FMLA Leave Dooms Attempt to Dismiss Employee’s Interference Claims (August 07, 2019)

• Ogletree Deakins | The Letters Keep Rolling In: DOL Issues 3 More FLSA and FMLA Opinions (August 12, 2019)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | With Broad FMLA “Benefits” Interpretation, Sixth Circuit Faults “No-Fault” Attendance Policy (August 11, 2019)

• Ogletree Deakins | ADA Litigation Lessons Surfaced From a Zamboni Machine (August 05, 2019)

• XpertHR | Four More States Enact Laws Limiting Noncompete Agreements (August 07, 2019)

• XpertHR | Employees May Use FMLA Intermittent Leave to Attend Children's IEP Meetings, DOL Says (August 13, 2019)

• Ogletree Deakins | OFCCP Drops Its New Compliance Assistance Guides (August 04, 2019)

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

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | Illinois | Illinois Enacts Protections for Organ Donation Leave (August 05, 2019)

• Ogletree Deakins | California | California’s Paid Family Leave Program to Expand from 6 to 8 Weeks (July 31, 2019)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | California | Ninth Circuit Asks California Supreme Court: Is Absence of a Formal Meal and Rest Break Policy a Violation of California Law? (August 06, 2019)

• Littler Mendelson, P.C. | California | California AB 5 – How Significant Could One Bill Be? (August 04, 2019)

• Ogletree Deakins | Washington | Washington State Takes on the Arbitration of Harassment and Discrimination Claims (August 07, 2019)

• Littler Mendelson, P.C. | Illinois | Illinois’ New #MeToo-Inspired Law Creates Sweeping Employer Obligations (August 13, 2019)

• Jackson Lewis P.C. | Illinois | Illinois Enacts Workplace Harassment Law, Creating New and Expanded Obligations for Employers (August 12, 2019)

• FordHarrison LLP | Illinois | Illinois Governor Enacts Major Illinois Employment Law Changes (August 14, 2019)

• Ogletree Deakins | New Jersey | New Jersey to Require Certain Employers to Provide Pretax Transportation Fringe Benefits (August 06, 2019)

• First Circuit | Haidak v. University of Massachusetts-Amherst, No. 18-1248 (1st Cir. Aug. 6, 2019)

• Fifth Circuit | 20/20 Communications, Inc. v. Crawford

• Sixth Circuit | Dyer v. Ventra Sandusky, LLC, No. 18-3802 (6th Cir. Aug. 8, 2019)

• Eleventh Circuit | Moore v. GPS Hospitality Partners IV, LLC

• Fifth Circuit | Texas v. EEOC (5th Cir. 2019)

• Sixth Circuit | Freeman v. Delta Air Lines, No. 2:15-cv-160 (WOB-CJS) (E.D. Ky. June 14, 2019)

• Colorado | Nieto v. Clark’s Market, Inc., 2019 COA 98 (Colo. App. June 27, 2019)

• Eighth Circuit | Lansdale v. UPS Supply Chain Solutions, Inc., No. 16-4106 (July 23, 2019)

• New Jersey | ADP, LLC v. Kusins, No. A-4664-16T1 (N.J. Super. Ct. App. Div. July 26, 2019)

• Eighth Circuit | Higgins v. Union Pac. R.R. Co., No. 18-1902 (8th Cir. July 24, 2019)