Legal Question in Employment Law in Ohio

Smoking in the work place

My wife wirks in a nursing home they are telling here she has to take the residents to a room to smoke and stay in there with them while they smoke taking in all the second hand smoke. Can they require her to do this or is she protected by law that she dose'nt have to so she dose,nt loose her job for refusing to do it.


Asked on 3/19/04, 5:12 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Kenneth Lauter Kenneth E. Lauter, PC

Re: Smoking in the work place

It sounds like your wife is being exposed to unsafe work conditions. The Indiana Occupational Safety & Health Administration is responsible for protecting Indiana employees from unsafe work conditions. Your wife should contact that agency about her situation. She is protected from retaliation for making the contact.

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Answered on 3/20/04, 11:44 am


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