A while ago there was a big argument thread about the Mennonite cabinet maker near Fort Francis Ontario who refused to recognize the right of his employees to unionize. This seems like a similar category.Ken wrote: ↑Thu Mar 07, 2024 11:05 pm
But what you cannot do is discriminate against someone in violation of state law. In Washington that includes someone who smokes pot on their own time away from work. So you couldn't enforce any provisions of your employment handbook in a manner that violated state law.
You are not required to operate a business and hire people in a given legal zone, but if you decide to do that you must follow the legal structure you are operating under. The law creates a zone where business can thrive by stabilizing currency, defending from theft by prosecuting thieves, providing legal title to land and property, educating the workforce, providing transportation and access to markets ECT.. In return the business operator must either comply with regulations or choose not to operate in that legal zone.
If feels like a having your cake and eating it too when people want the economic opportunity but feel they are morally above the legal responsibility.