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Palm Beach
Sheriff's Office says it will hire only nonsmokers
Sun-Sentinel
Posted December 25 2001, 10:33 AM EST
WEST PALM BEACH -- New hires at the Palm Beach County
Sheriff's Office must be nonsmokers and sign a no-smoking pledge as
a condition of employment next year.
The policy will also ban
smoking in police cars and move designated smoking areas at least 50
feet away from buildings beginning in February, said Undersheriff
Ken Eggleston.
Current employees who
smoke won't be affected by the policy banning new hires of smokers,
he said.
``Our goal is to get a healthier work force, less
sick time and lower health care costs,'' Eggleston said.
In
1996, the Florida Supreme Court upheld a similar smoking policy in
North Miami. Lower insurance costs outweighed the privacy issue, the
court ruled.
Boca Raton considered the ban two years ago,
then decided against it after some council members said it was too
invasive of employee rights. But contracts with three unions that
represent most city employees already included a no-smoking pledge
for new hires. |
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