2007 Senate Bill 457: Prohibit employer policies on off-work conduct

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Introduced by Sen. Gilda Jacobs (D) on April 26, 2007, to prohibit an employer from having a policy against employing an individual on the basis of legal conduct by the individual during nonworking hours. Bills like this were first introduced in 2005 after the Weyco company fired several employees who refused to comply with company policy prohibiting the employment of smokers.
- Referred to the Senate Commerce & Tourism Committee on April 26, 2007.

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1) Bad idea by changeagent on May 3, 2007
I agree that companies should not interfere with employee's private lives. However, government intervention in businesses is almost always a bad idea filled with unintended consequences. Employees are free to work for who they please. If my employer started telling me how to run my life I would find employment elsewhere. Business are not afforded the same choices, they must comply or they are destroyed. More regulation of businesses in Michigan is a bad idea.
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2) This Is A Good Idea by Anonymous Citizen on May 1, 2007

Legal off-work conduct that does not directly affect a person's ability to do his or her job is none of an employer's legitimate business.

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3) Excellent by Anonymous Citizen on May 1, 2007
This is excellent. Because company's will not stop at smoking, if allowed to continue then it will be height and wieght or Body Mass Index, next genetic predisopistion to diseases. Then age, then looks, then skin color, then how your face is shaped. then how your buttocks are rounded! The list of corporate abuses will never stop unless this legslation passes.
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