Amherst hiring plan goes up in smoke
Jump to full article: Buffalo (NY) News, 2009-12-14
Author: Sandra Tan NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Intro:
The Amherst Town Board doesn't want to hire smokers, but it will have to.
Board members approved a proposal last week to research the legality of a nonsmokers-only policy for new hires, but it quickly met with a legal roadblock.
"It would be unenforceable, and it would probably be grounds for a discrimination suit," said Robert P. Mc- Carthy, the town's human resources director. . . .
Amherst hiring plan goes up in smoke
Jump to full article: Buffalo (NY) News, 2009-12-14
Author: Sandra Tan NEWS STAFF REPORTER
Intro:
The Amherst Town Board doesn't want to hire smokers, but it will have to.
Board members approved a proposal last week to research the legality of a nonsmokers-only policy for new hires, but it quickly met with a legal roadblock.
"It would be unenforceable, and it would probably be grounds for a discrimination suit," said Robert P. Mc- Carthy, the town's human resources director. . . .
Amherst hiring plan goes up in smoke
