The other day, I was behind a City of St. John's truck which stopped in the middle of the road to, I assume, do some repair work. One of the employees came around the truck smoking a cigarette. (I'm not suggesting he was smoking in the truck). The City has a no smoking policy. So if a Public Works employee smokes while working outside, is that considered in violation of the policy? The policy is very sparse and includes a line that says "smoking is permitted outside any City owned buildings unless otherwise noted." So perhaps technically you are indeed allowed to smoke while working outside. But, isn't that in violation of the intent of the policy? And what sort of message does it send? Tuesday, 17 January, 2012
Smoking on the Job...or Not
The other day, I was behind a City of St. John's truck which stopped in the middle of the road to, I assume, do some repair work. One of the employees came around the truck smoking a cigarette. (I'm not suggesting he was smoking in the truck). The City has a no smoking policy. So if a Public Works employee smokes while working outside, is that considered in violation of the policy? The policy is very sparse and includes a line that says "smoking is permitted outside any City owned buildings unless otherwise noted." So perhaps technically you are indeed allowed to smoke while working outside. But, isn't that in violation of the intent of the policy? And what sort of message does it send? 
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Interestingly, I have seen (recently) Town of Clarenville employee smoking in a town truck just outside town hall during work day.
ReplyDeleteIt's a tangly one! Sometimes hard to know when workers are on a break. If they're outside does it matter anyway? I'm guessing most towns/cities ignore it.
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