from Canadian Business A measure that would provide liability protection for employers who choose to allow guns to be carried in their workplace is headed for a full House vote. The proposal sponsored by Republican Rep. Vance Dennis of Savannah passed the House Consumer and Employee Affairs Committee 10-2 on Tuesday and is now waiting …
Category Archive: Guns at work
Mar
03
2011
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Feb
11
2011
Wyoming House backs allowing guns in cars at work
from Bloomberg Businessweek Wyoming employers would lose the ability to prohibit workers from keeping guns in their vehicles at their workplace under a bill that passed the state House of Representatives on Wednesday. The House voted 36-23 in favor of a bill sponsored by Rep. Sam Krone, R-Cody. The bill now goes to the Senate. …
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Sep
07
2010
Gun bill would expand owners’ rights
By Erin E. O’Neill, The Marietta Times On the heels of Senate Bill 239, a proposal which would allow concealed-carry permit holders to take a loaded gun into a restaurant that serves alcohol, another piece of legislation is in the works in the Ohio House which would give more rights to employees who are gun …
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Sep
07
2010
State says guns-in-bars law does not create workplace hazard
By Nate Rau, The Tennessean A state inspector rejected a Nashville server’s complaint alleging the mixture of guns and alcohol creates an unsafe workplace at Jackson’s Bar and Bistro. Citing the fact that few violent incidents have occurred at Jackson’s in recent years, an inspector with the Tennessee Occupational Safety and Health Administration ruled last …
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Sep
01
2010
Bredesen agrees with latest guns-in-bars challenge
from TheDailyTimes.com Governor Phil Bredesen on Tuesday voiced support for a Nashville waiter’s claim that a new law allowing guns in bars creates an unsafe workplace. The Democratic governor told The Associated Press that while he’s not familiar with the details of the complaint, he supports the effort to challenge the law allowing handgun carry …
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