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Biggins · 15-01-2009 12:59pm #1

You Can't Sack Me Cos I'm Sloshed

Workers in Peru who turn up drunk in the morning cannot be fired, the country's top court has ruled.

The Constitutional Tribunal made the historic ruling in the case of a caretaker in the district of Chorrillos.
Pablo Cayo was given the sack for being intoxicated at work, but his employer has now been ordered to give him his job back.
Fernando Calle, one of the justices at the court, said that although Mr Cayo was drunk, he did not offend or hurt anybody.
The ruling has been attacked by the government for setting a dangerous precedent.
"It's not a good idea to relax rules at workplaces," said labour Minister Jorge Villasante.
Celso Becerra, the administrative chief of Chorrillos, a suburb of Lima, also 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?"
However, Mr Calle said the court would not revise its decision.

Source: http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/Strange-News/Drunk-At-Work-Peru-Court-Rules-Intoxication-On-The-Job-Is-Not-A-Sackable-Offence/Article/200901315203814?lpos=Strange_News_Third_Home_Page_Feature_Teaser_Region_0&lid=ARTICLE_15203814_Drunk_At_Work%3A_Peru_Court_Rules_Intoxication_On_The_Job_Is_Not_A_Sackable_Offence

Sherifu · 15-01-2009 1:01pm

Fuzzy will love this ruling.

iPlop · 15-01-2009 1:12pm

Im not under the anfluence of incahol as some tinkle peep ,im not half as thunk as you drink ,I fool so feelish and the drunker I stand her the longer I get and Im in work right now!!

Run_to_da_hills · 15-01-2009 1:32pm

It wasn't too long ago that a beer dispenser was a common sight in German work places.

ShooterSF · 15-01-2009 1:36pm

That's genius. To the other extreme I have mates whose boss has told them they are not allowed to drink on a weeknight. At least one had to balls to tell his boss that he can decide what he does on weeknight when he pays for his weeknights.