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Who needs a job anyway? Oh, yeah, in order to buy the cancer sticks.
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Bruce Watson
Nov 21, 2009, 11:27:16 AM11/21/09
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If you smoke or use other tobacco products, don't apply for a job
with Susquehanna Health System based in Williamsport.
Beginning Jan. 1, all job applicants must pass a nicotine
screening besides the current drug test. Those who fail will not
be hired, said Traci L. Witter, a spokeswoman for the health
system, which consists of Williamsport, Divine Providence and
Muncy Valley hospitals.
with Susquehanna Health System based in Williamsport.
Beginning Jan. 1, all job applicants must pass a nicotine
screening besides the current drug test. Those who fail will not
be hired, said Traci L. Witter, a spokeswoman for the health
system, which consists of Williamsport, Divine Providence and
Muncy Valley hospitals.
The ban on hiring smokers and other tobacco users is the first in
the state, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
A ban on hiring tobacco users might stand up in court, one expert
said.
Valerie Burch, a staff lawyer for the American Civil Liberties
Union in Harrisburg, said tobacco users are not a protected class,
so the Susquehanna Health policy raises no civil rights issues.
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