🚀 go-pugleaf

On Tue, 05 May 1998 23:57:51 -0700, Bharris <bharris@henge.com> wrote:

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>
>Corey Heim wrote:
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>> In article <354697b8.365366867@news.dimensional.com>,
>> weiser@dimensional.com (Scott Weiser) wrote:
>>
>>
>> > Actually, as private property, a business owner can dictate whether
>> > you drive a car *at all*, and since Colorado is an "at will"
>> > employment state, your boss can fire you for *any* reason, or no
>> > reason at all....except for illegal discriminatory reasons.
>>
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>This is not true.  It is illegal in Colorado to fire anyone for performing
>a legal action.  My company researched the possibility of requiring
>all smokers to quit smoking, even on their own time.  The reason was
>that health insurance costs were greater with smokers.  Since smoking
>(cigarettes) is not illegal, this couldn't be dictated (although the
>company can prohibit smoking during office hours).

Well....okay...but I might argue that firing someone for a legal act
would be "illegal discrimination"....

The fact is that if your boss comes to you and says "you're fired",
unless you are a union shop or have a contract, you're out of
luck...he doesn't even have to tell you *why* you have been fired.

Regards,

Scott Weiser

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