JULY / AUGUST 2003 HR QUESTION OF THE MONTH
Q.
We heard that under the new tougher workplace smoking restrictions
effective on July 24, 2003, employees smoking outside near
building entrances would have to move at least twenty feet
from the doorway entrance so people entering would not have
to walk through second-hand smoke. Is this part of the new
smoking law?
A. No.
The July changes in the smoking law place additional restrictions
on indoor workplace smoking. Smoking is still permitted outdoors.
However, a private property owner or municipality in the public
sector may voluntarily place additional smoking restrictions.
As a practical matter, if you have complaints about smokers
blocking entrances, you need to deal with them as an employee
relations matter.
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