(A) The use of tobacco products by employees is discouraged. House Bill 1149, creating Pub. Law No. 141 enacts a smoking ban, and requires employers and owners, operators, managers, or officials in charge of workplaces and public places to prohibit smoking in enclosed areas of workplaces and public places, and within eight feet of public entrances to workplaces and public places. This legislation requires employers to notify employees and applicants of the workplace smoking restrictions.
(B) Employers, owners, and managers cannot discharge employees, refuse to hire applicants, or otherwise retaliate against any persons who report violations of the smoking provisions, or exercise their rights, or satisfy their obligations, under the smoking provisions. Owners, operators, managers, or other officials in charge of workplaces or public places that violate the smoking provisions are guilty of a Class B infraction. Owners, operators, managers, or other officials in charge of workplaces or public places are guilty of a Class A infraction if they violate the smoking provisions, and have committed at least three unrelated prior infractions.
(C) The use of tobacco products by employees inside county vehicles is prohibited. Employees violating this policy may be subject to disciplinary action, up to, and including, termination and may be charged with a section violation, and/or a Class C Infraction pursuant to the State Clean Indoor Air Law, I.C. 7.1-5-12. Administrators shall provide, in writing, all violations of this policy to the Board of Commissioners.
(Res. 12-10, passed 6-26-2012) Penalty, see § 10.99