Good thing this is not a law in the USA.. Or then again, if it was a law here. It may help on the unemployment issues.. lol j/k~ ;-)
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You can't fire me, I'm drunk!
Peru's top court has ruled that workers cannot be fired for being drunk on the job.
The Constitutional Tribunal ordered that Pablo Cayo be given his job back as a janitor for the municipality of Chorrillos, which fired him for being intoxicated at work.
The firing was excessive because even though Cayo was drunk, he did not offend or hurt anybody, Fernando Calle, one of the justices, said on Wednesday.
Calle said the court would not revise its decision, despite complaints from the government.
"It's not a good idea to relax rules at workplaces," said Labor Minister Jorge Villasante.
Celso Becerra, the administrative chief of Chorrillos, a suburb of Lima, denounced the ruling.
"We've fired four workers for showing up drunk, and two of them were drivers," he said. "How can we allow a drunk to work who might run somebody over?"
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My father was a manager for a large waste collection company. When the company was interviewing for a new streetsweeper division in Fresno, CA, Dad flew out for the final round. All applicants were required to be drug screened and the result were confidential. Imagine my Father's dismay when one applicant's REPEAT drug test came back as "positive" again. She was a schoool bus driver!!! Dad, by law couldn't turn her in the school board.. it drove him crazy!
It always amazed me that she wasn't qualified to drive a street sweeper, but she could be entrusted with children.
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Everyone should know that drinking slows your reflexes and could cause danger to yourself or others.