4th March 2010, 01:19 AM
One of the problems with having to rely on a supervisor's ability to judge someone's level of intoxication is that it is just a matter of opinion. The "offender" will always be able to maintain that they are not intoxicated, and would pull the "I'm offended by the accusation" line. Good case for unfair dismissal. A place of work is no place to be inhebriated IMO, and so I would have thought that random alcohol testing is a better approach than waiting til you get a suspect, test them and embarass them, before finding out they have a medical condition and are on medication that makes them APPEAR to be intoxicated.