Jump to full article: Evansville (IN) Courier & Press, 2008-04-22
Author: Carol Wersich
Intro: Thirty-nine production workers at Evansville's Whirlpool Corp. have been suspended for possibly continuing to smoke after they declared they were nonsmokers on health insurance forms in order to get a lower premium.
Smokers at Whirlpool pay an extra $500 in insurance premiums.
Company spokeswoman Debby Castrale confirmed the suspensions Monday. She said final disciplinary action was pending fact-finding meetings with each worker over the next few days.
"Falsification of company documents is one of the most serious offenses our employees can commit," she said.
"We treat it very seriously."
The suspensions were based on eyewitness confirmations that the 39 workers had continued to smoke at designated stations outside the plant since signing insurance enrollment forms in October.
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