Petition Amend The Equality Act 2010 to include lifestyle choices.

Many companies in the UK are starting to use "anti-smoking policies" that they will not hire, and even terminate an employees contract for smoking, even if they smoke off the employers premises.
I feel as if the government should update the equality act 2010 to include lifestyle choices.

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Over in the USA, 30 States have made similar legislations to protect workers personal life.
If we amend the equality act 2010 to include lifestyle/personal life's of workers, this will include a lot of lifestyle choices, Anything from smoking to being vegan. It's ridiculous that some companies won't employ smokers. Why should a business go out of its way to not employ someone who smokes which is a personal choice, even if the employee agrees to smoke off premises?.

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Date closed 9 March 2017
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