Skull Pilot
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Drug free work place laws have been upheld. Many an employee has been fired for testing positive for cannabis even though he/she never took a joint near their workplace. So much for being free to do anything you want in your own home!
But pot is not legal.
Would you support an employer firing someone for drinking at home. Smoking and drinking are both legal.
How about firing someone because they eat too much sugar?
People HAVE been fired for drinking at home - when their drinking becomes an addiction and they miss countless days of work, or their judgment is impaired. Most have never touched a drop at work. I used to follow a nurse who drank like a fish in her off time. Her work was scattered. Her charting made no sense, and I wondered every day what she had done to hurt the patients just before I came on. Nurse manager told her to get help or she was going to be out of there - fired. Yes, absolutely, I support firing someone whose after hours drinking affects their work. And many times it does, even though drinking is legal.
The person in your example got fired for missing work for countless days and doing shoddy work. He did not get fired for having a few drinks on his off hours.
You are supporting firing a person for no other reason that they smoke a few cigarettes a day.