Legal Question in Employment Law in Ohio
company meetings
my company is having an out of town meeting for a week. they are paying the hotel bill. they are telling us that no alcohol is allowed. can they tell us that we can't drink after work hours and could this be terms for dismissal if dinking is done after the work day?
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: company meetings
In Ohio an employer can make personal behavior outside of your work hours a condition of your employment. The issue comes up for smokers. It is lawful for an employer to terminate an employee who smokes in violation of a no smoking rule that prohibits smoking outside of work.
Your situation is more connected to work than that of a smoker who lights up on her personal time. Therefore, I would expect that an Ohio employer can require no drinking after a company meeting in a hotel room that it paid for.
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