I am a cashier at a WC at a retail store.I keep a bottle of water at my work station, out of site from customers and take a drink when there are no customers HR threw out my water and said the WC health department said NO water at work. Is this true

Unless you work around food, there is no rule about where or when employees can drink water. For licensed food operations, including grocery stores and such, employees should keep their beverages away from food preparation or serving areas and wash their hands after every time they get a drink. This may apply to cashiers at grocery stores or carry outs. You can call our Environmental Health office to get more specific answers at 419-354-2702.

I agree it was the HR manager who threw it out...we have no employee handbooks....etc..hoping to hear from health department with an official response..

I'm not sure where they are getting that answer from, but i would think that water would be fine I would ask HR if they want it in a specific spot but they cannot tell you not to drink water. What would happen if you were to get dehydrated