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To: Wolfie
That's why some employers can refrain from hiring smokers

I'm surprised that this hasn't been challenged on the basis of racial discrimination (disparate impact) since blacks are statistically much more likely to smoke.

166 posted on 04/01/2004 12:45:09 PM PST by green iguana (If I have to tag it as sarcasm when it's this obvious...)
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To: green iguana
Actually, my dad had to take the question of tobacco use off his application as per the advice of his attorney. But if he finds any chew in the water fountain or on the floor, there is hell to pay.
168 posted on 04/01/2004 12:47:55 PM PST by WV Mountain Mama (The Sunni Triangle, hopefully soon to be the Bermuda Triangle, sunnis go in but they don't come out.)
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