Off-Duty Behavior Can Affect Job: Some companies are cracking down on employees' off-duty behavior, raising questions about how far employers should go in policing what workers do on their own time. Employees are being disciplined or fired for such behaviors as drinking on their own time, using competitors' products and displaying political bumper stickers. No one tracks the number of such cases, but some workers rights' groups are concerned that the practice is on the upswing. [...] Lynne Gobbell was fired from her job packing insulation by her Moulton, Ala.-based employer for displaying a John Kerry bumper sticker on her car, according to the Associated Press and numerous media reports.
Pharmacist sues over 'morning after pill': An Illinois pharmacist who refuses to sell the “morning after pill” has filed suit to challenge the state government’s order that the emergency contraception be available “without delay.” [...] Gov. Rod Blagojevich, responding to complaints by two Chicago women that a pair of local pharmacists refused to sell them Plan B, issued his rule on April 1 ordering pharmacists to make the contraceptive available “without delay.” “The thing to remember is pharmacists are free not to stock and dispense contraceptives, but once they decide to enter that market they don’t have the right to turn people away,” said Blagojevich’s spokeswoman, Abby Ottenhoff.
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