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You Can't Be Fired For Being Drunk At Work In Peru
Peru's top court has ruled that workers cannot be fired for being drunk on the job. The ruling was criticized by the government for setting a dangerous precedent. 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?" Go with the liquor, Peru.
I'm moving to Peru and taking my beer with me! Whose with me?
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I am going to buy shares in every alcohol company in Peru now.
It speaks of four people but doesn't tell if the guy who was given back his job was a driver or not. Apparently four people (two of which were drivers) were fired, one must be given his job back.
It also doesn't say that you couldn't use not being able to do your job as a reason. So a driver who commonly shows up drunk = commonly can't do his job could still be fired.
Even about the drivers, it doesn't say if they were drunk enough that they wouldn't be allowed to legally drive a car in said location.
Hell, I know that I have showed up to work intoxicated several times when I have been partying the previous night and likely have had some alcohol in my blood still.
All this says is "When you show up to work once while intoxicated, it alone and in itself is not enough to let the employer fire you for just that reason".